I just finished watching the entire series, and I can only heap more praise on the producers and directors of this.
The lead villain is played brilliantly. So menacing, and the thing that got me was that normally you start rooting for the villain. You think, yes they did what they did because they were so poor......however, your sympathy for the villains goes about half way through when they start crossing a line. The brutality gets worse. The assassinations increase.
Even if you don't like mafia type films, just watch this for the sheer spectacle, and storyline. Real people and real emotions and how events effect them. You really couldn't make up a story like this, and what hits home is that these were real people.
The lead villain is played brilliantly. So menacing, and the thing that got me was that normally you start rooting for the villain. You think, yes they did what they did because they were so poor......however, your sympathy for the villains goes about half way through when they start crossing a line. The brutality gets worse. The assassinations increase.
Even if you don't like mafia type films, just watch this for the sheer spectacle, and storyline. Real people and real emotions and how events effect them. You really couldn't make up a story like this, and what hits home is that these were real people.