Mafia: Warlords

Studio: Highland Ent.
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
Description
In this 16 part series, Lords of the Mafia presents a stark and unglamorous picture of organized crime's global phenomenon. What is it? Where did it come from? How does it effect everyday people? Each episode looks at a specific gang within organized crime and shows viewers how that group operates and how it is ruled by its own "lord." Also chronicled are law enforcement's battles against the gangsters  a war in which the police are often out-gunned, out-manned and out-financed.

Disc 1 - The Nuclear Mafia: Master criminals trafficking radio active material - the most dangerous of a black market commodities. Mafia Nations: The growth of organized crime is often due to assistance from those who are elected to "protect and serve."

Disc 2- Killers of the Underworld: Killing- a single trait that links all crime lords. Gangland Confessions: How the Russian, Colombian and Mexican Mafias converged into one global menace.

Description

In this 16 part series, Lords of the Mafia presents a stark and unglamorous picture of organized crime's global phenomenon. What is it? Where did it come from? How does it effect everyday people? Each episode looks at a specific gang within organized crime and shows viewers how that group operates and how it is ruled by its own "lord." Also chronicled are law enforcement's battles against the gangsters — a war in which the police are often out-gunned, out-manned and out-financed.

Disc 2- Killers of the Underworld: Killing- a single trait that links all crime lords. Gangland Confessions: How the Russian, Colombian and Mexican Mafias converged into one global menace.

Disc 3 -(Bonus Disc) International Syndicates: America's #1 export is crime. Charts the rise of the Mob and its spread and adaptation to global crime.

Customer Reviews:

100% Rip-Off.......2006-07-10

This is the first review I have written, though I have purchased through AMAZON perhaps 100 or more DVDs through their site in the past year. I am reviewing only to warn potential buyers. This product is a noxious weed in the otherwise very fruitful garden that is AMAZON, and I am simply doing my part to yank it out!

As far as the product is concerned, the first tip-off to its overwhelming deceit is its liberal use of the word "MAFIA". Virtually everyone hearing that term will immediately think of Capone, Lansky, Gambino, Bugsy Siegel, etc. In this instance, they will be very wrong. This DVD purports to describe a "MAFIA" that consists of all those nameless bad guy drug dealers and terrorists that inhabit all the mostly forgotten corners of the third world. (I couldn't stomach watching the DVDs enough to get many details. Suffice it to say that no traditional "La Cosa Nostra" mafia member is even mentioned.)

This lie is even more blatant - considering that a picture is worth a thousand words (lies) - in the cover art that shows photos of recognizable and famous "real" mafia warlords. No trace of any of these men can be found on the DVDs.

Finally, even in lying about what subject they are presenting, how they present it is in itself very likely an utter falsehood. Most of what I viewed showed a silhouetted, apparently very bad struggling actor, pretending to be some nameless insider that is revealing his "deadly secrets" of the underworld. They excuse this childish prank by saying that his info is so explosive that his life would be in danger if his identity were revealed! What total B.S.! His life would most likely be in danger because if revealed to be the brother-in-law of the producer of this tripe his wife would give him hell.

Avoid at all costs unless you desperately require some unique coasters.

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Mafia Warlords

Manufacturer: Front Row Entertainment Inc
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

Average customer rating:

Mafia Warlords

ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD
ASIN: B000ANCEQU

Mafia Warlords-Mafia Nations & Killers of the Underworld

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Mafia Warlords-Mafia Nations & Killers of the Underworld

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An Inside Look At International Organized Crime "MAFIA WARLORDS" [Killers of the Underworld]

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An Inside Look At International Organized Crime "MAFIA WARLORDS" [Killers of the Underworld]

ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

General | Documentary | Genres | DVD | Video

World History of Organized Crime
GoodFellas (Two-Disc Special Edition)
La Cosa Nostra - History of the New York Mafia
Godfathers Collection - The True History of the Mafia

Product Features:

Digitally Remastered For Superior Picture Quality
Dolby Digital Sound AC-3
Chapter Stops
Interactive Menus

ASIN: B000ELC1IE

Product Description

The single trait that links all crime lords is the ability to kill. This episode will explore the mind of the mafia killer. We will focus on some of the most evil criminals in history; from trained assassins of Murder incorporated to today's ethnic gangs. Forensic scientists and criminal profilers from law enforcement will offer insights and theories into the psychological motivations that drive humans to kill.

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