“MobKing” (** out of four) was an uninspired mobster melodrama about a former underworld enforcer (Ciro Dapagio) returning home after a lengthy prison sentence and trying to go straight for the sake of his wife and daughter (Elisabetta Fantone and Celine Alva) but ties to his former mob boss (James Russo) and various other criminal figures (Robert Lasardo and Michael Villar) put all of them in the crossfire. Relatively strong acting make this watchable but it’s still a reheated platter of Scorsese/mob/underworld cliches. Say arrivederci to this and just re-watch “The Godfather”, “Good Fellas”, or even “Casino” again.

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