With all the superhero movies taking over the box office this year, it's about we were given a good gangster movie. Luckily for us, we're getting two! First there's Tom Hardy's flick 'Fonzo' where he plays infamous criminal, Al Capone. And then there's Gotti, a biopic about John Gotti, the infamous American gangster played by John Travolta.
Check out the trailer:
The biopic follows Gotti as he rises through the ranks of the Gambino family in New York City before eventually taking over the clan. The film is said to focus on Gotti’s relationship with his son, John Gotti Jr, who grew up in a life of crime but later decided to go on the straight and narrow. eventually opted out of it. Producer Steve Honig said:
Never before has there been such an inside look at the Gotti family and their world of danger, betrayal and redemption. John Gotti was head of the Gambino crime family, which in its time was the largest and most powerful crime organization in the country. Known as the “Dapper Don,” John Gotti’s flamboyant style and outspoken personality made him one of the most famous mobsters of the 20th century and he ruled the underworld until he died from cancer in 2002 while serving a life sentence.
In 1988, at the age of 24, Gotti Jr. became a ‘made man’ and was officially inducted into the Mafia, making him the heir-apparent to head the Gambino crime family and follow in his father’s footsteps. But in 1999, Gotti Jr. paid a now-famous last visit to his imprisoned and dying father to tell him he was ending his life of crime and getting out of the family business.
It sounds like it's going to be pretty amazing. I love a good gangster film. We're definitely in need of another classic such Goodfellas and Casino. Could Gotti be it?! We'll see when it hits cinemas in June 2018.