The Last Godfather

2010 South Korean film
  • October 29, 2010 (2010-10-29) (South Korea)
Running time
103 minutesCountrySouth KoreaLanguageEnglish

The Last Godfather (Korean: 라스트 갓파더; RR: Laseuteu Gatpadeo) is a 2010 mafia comedy film directed by Shim Hyung-rae.[1][2]

Synopsis

Yong-Gu (Shim Hyung-rae) is the illegitimate child of the infamous mafia boss Don Carini (Harvey Keitel), who is based in New York. Carini shocks everyone by stating that he wants Yong-Gu to take over the operation, something that seems to be a bad choice when the man in question shows himself to be a poor candidate to be a mafia don.

Cast

  • Shim Hyung-rae as Young-Gu
  • Harvey Keitel as Don Carini
  • Blake Clark as Captain O'Brian
  • Michael Rispoli as Tony "Tony V"
  • Jason Mewes as Vinnie
  • Jocelin Donahue as Nancy Bonfante
  • Jon Polito as Don Bonfante
  • Michele Specht as Burlesque Hostess
  • John Pinette as "Macho"
  • Paul Hipp as Rocco
  • Josh Rosenthal as Fabrizio
  • Debra Mooney as Sister Theresa
  • Jack Kehler as Cabbie

Reception

The Los Angeles Times and The National both panned The Last Godfather,[3] and the Los Angeles Times wrote that the film was "more harmlessly amiable than outright awful, though it might still be best to just forget about it."[4]

References

  1. ^ Park, Soo-mee (January 26, 2011). "Shim Hyung-rae's 'The Last Godfather' to Open in N. America on April 1". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  2. ^ Paquet, Darcy. "The Last Godfather (review)". Screen Daily. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  3. ^ "THE LAST GODFATHER (2011)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  4. ^ Olsen, Mark (4 April 2011). "Movie review: 'The Last Godfather'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 21 April 2015.

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