Mafia! (1998)

Original title

Jane Austen's Mafia!

Directed by

Jim Abrahams

Genre

comedy film, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 23m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 220 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This comedy film makes fun of famous mafia movies like The Godfather and Casino. A Korean War veteran tries to get back at the people who attacked his crime boss father and win back his ex-girlfriend who becomes the President of the United States.

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What happens

Mafia!, also known as Jane Austen's Mafia!, is a 1998 American crime parody film directed by Jim Abrahams and starring Jay Mohr, Lloyd Bridges (in one of his final films), Olympia Dukakis and Christina Applegate. It was Abrahams’ final directorial effort before his death in 2024. The film spoofs Francis Ford Coppola's Godfather series and various other mafia films, notably Martin Scorsese's Casino (1995). It also parodies films in other genres, ranging from Forrest Gump to Il Postino and The English Patient. In the film, a Korean War veteran avenges an assassination attempt on his crime boss father. The veteran subsequently manages a casino in Las Vegas, until surviving another assassination attempt. He sets out to gain vengeance, and to regain the love of his ex-girlfriend. By that point his girlfriend had been elected as the President of the United States, and he has to convince her to postpone her plans for world peace. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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