This is one of the longest films in a single dose about the mob since the Godfather. It is based upon a novel written by Jimmy Hoffa's right-hand man who claims he actually murdered the famous labor leader and then his body was cremated and disposed of after he did it secretly by a couple of mob members. It is a reasonable explanation of why his body was never found.
The film does throw out some major hints that the mob might also have murdered JFK. This theory has been floated around by many conspiracy theorists for years, though the evidence of it is much thinner than some other theories. Sadly, it could be accurate as JFK definitely was a thorn in the mob's side from the election on.
There is also a broader hint of who actually might have done it. The main character is depicted driving a truck of guns and ammo to Florida to be given to the Cuban Rebels who tried to land and take Castro out in the Bay of Pigs incident. When he delivers the guns, he identifies "big ears" as E. Howard Hunt, who later would be involved in Watergate.
Hunt was a Nixon operative from the 1950's forward through this era. If Hunt was involved with the Cuban rebels, it is also possible that with the connections with Nixon, who had connections with the FBI, CIA, the Mob, and all levels of government, it was Nixon's organization Pre-Watergate that did JFK. Motive- Nixon had the most to gain taking out JFK, and if there was a conspiracy later RFK. Nixon wanted to be President and they were in his way. He got elected after their deaths.
It is also possible Nixon wanted Hoffa's help to get elected, another thing that the film broadly hints he got. In way all this time developing these characters might have gotten into what really happened in the JFK tragedy. I have not read the novel to see if there are any more details to this in it. This film makes it credible.
As for the acting the veteran cast does a workmanlike job bringing things to life. Unlike the Godfather films, women really do not get much of a role here. They are almost entirely in the background observing. Even the Wedding sequence has the bride present but is more focused on the male characters at the wedding than on her.
A fair amount of the action sequences happens off camera to save expense. A little-known trivia I know about is that 1 person who worked on this movie very briefly in the background uncredited (as far as I can find) who I spoke to while they were working on it is Rob Salamida. His claim to fame is in some grocery stores, State Fair Spiedie sauce.
The film does throw out some major hints that the mob might also have murdered JFK. This theory has been floated around by many conspiracy theorists for years, though the evidence of it is much thinner than some other theories. Sadly, it could be accurate as JFK definitely was a thorn in the mob's side from the election on.
There is also a broader hint of who actually might have done it. The main character is depicted driving a truck of guns and ammo to Florida to be given to the Cuban Rebels who tried to land and take Castro out in the Bay of Pigs incident. When he delivers the guns, he identifies "big ears" as E. Howard Hunt, who later would be involved in Watergate.
Hunt was a Nixon operative from the 1950's forward through this era. If Hunt was involved with the Cuban rebels, it is also possible that with the connections with Nixon, who had connections with the FBI, CIA, the Mob, and all levels of government, it was Nixon's organization Pre-Watergate that did JFK. Motive- Nixon had the most to gain taking out JFK, and if there was a conspiracy later RFK. Nixon wanted to be President and they were in his way. He got elected after their deaths.
It is also possible Nixon wanted Hoffa's help to get elected, another thing that the film broadly hints he got. In way all this time developing these characters might have gotten into what really happened in the JFK tragedy. I have not read the novel to see if there are any more details to this in it. This film makes it credible.
As for the acting the veteran cast does a workmanlike job bringing things to life. Unlike the Godfather films, women really do not get much of a role here. They are almost entirely in the background observing. Even the Wedding sequence has the bride present but is more focused on the male characters at the wedding than on her.
A fair amount of the action sequences happens off camera to save expense. A little-known trivia I know about is that 1 person who worked on this movie very briefly in the background uncredited (as far as I can find) who I spoke to while they were working on it is Rob Salamida. His claim to fame is in some grocery stores, State Fair Spiedie sauce.