![]() ![]() As close as they get, they can never be too close because they stay out of each other’s way. ![]() The author served as Cleveland district police chief, which might be why Kilmer’s Manditski turns down Danny’s offer to pick up a bar tab for “propriety’s sake.” While Manditski, even with a few extra pounds added, looks like he’d be ready to “dance” with Greene armed with nothing but a “plastic buffer-knife,” he doesn’t break a sweat going after his former hoops rival for his current crimes. ![]() The screenplay by Hensleigh and co-writer Jeremy Walters is an adaptation of the book To Kill the Irishman: The War That Crippled the Mafia, written by Rick Porrello. Val Kilmer rounds it up as Joe Manditski, Greene’s childhood friend who becomes the head of Cleveland’s police department. The cast is rogue’s gallery royalty, and all reflecting their true-life counterparts: Christopher Walken as loan shark Shondor Birns Tony Lo Bianco as mafia capo Jack Licavoli Vincent D’Onofrio as rival capo John Nardi and Goodfellas’ Paul Sorvino as “Fat Tony” Salerno. Gangster movie fans will not regret the time they put in. Set in the midst of a historic 1970s mob war in Cleveland, Kill the Irishman is not a great film, but it is an entertaining one. ![]()
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