Russian Mafia

(0:00-5:05) Frank Castello throughout the entire opening shot has his face hidden, if through some shadow or sunglasses. It’s not until he announces that anybody is the same when faced with a loaded gun, that his face his shown. This could be alluding to how Sullivan is the model, being both gangster and cop at the same time. The establishing shot at 1:35 leads to a dolly shot into the restaurant, overviewing the patrons and owners. The scene also gives the introduction to Castello as the gang…

Mob Mentality is based on the fact that there is power in numbers, and when one person enables another into a specific belief or mind set, there is an obvious ripple effect. When challenging a group as an individual, it is hard to be taken seriously as when going against a group as there is the looming dread of belittlement. The possibility that because an opinion differs from the rest, it is seen as inherently incorrect and that there was something wrong with them for thinking that way. Mob…

Alana Blanchard Professional model and surfer Alana Rene Blanchard is not your typical surfer chick, as she happens to be one of the hottest surfers in the planet. She not only has the looks - flowy blonde hair and a smoking hot bod, but also the talent and killer skills to boot. Some people might have known about her through the movie Soul Surfer, where she was played by Jack Nicholson's daughter Lorraine Nicholson. No? Well, she was that other hot surfer who was friends with Bethany Hamilton,…

La Mafia In media we have produced a film trailer entitled La Mafia; our group consisted of me, Chris, Jeremiah and Onur. Our production was aimed at the 13 -21 year age group, targeting the B-D social groups but also the aspirer psychographic group. Our production was targeted at the male audience, as it contains the violence/action genre. To attract this specified target audience we have used various effects, techniques and made choices ranging from visual effects to minuscule details. Some…

Organized crime poses one of the biggest threats to society and the economy (Federal Bureau of Investigation). To the average person organized crime is simply referred to as the mafia whether that is in Italy or America hence the depiction from the media, but every country in the world deals with organized crime on an international level when combating these criminal organizations (Finckenauer, 2005, p.63). Organized crime is an extremely broad term when defining to the complexity of the term…

difficult to solve organize crime in Russia, there should be enforcement to stop organized crime because it is affecting many lives in Russia because there are major problems such as access into the government and issues of corruption. There are many Russian people we are affected greatly because of organized crime. According to Khokhriakov (2002), stated “in present-day Russia, organized crime linked to the criminalization of society...” The link to…

means to an end for these people. The main problem of this is collateral damage, or the innocent bystanders that get hurt as a result. When you mention organized crime, almost always people think you are talking about the Italian Cosa Nostra, or Mafia. In reality, La Cosa Nostra is just the Italians’ version of organized crime. Crime syndicates span the globe and even include the Al-Qaeda terrorists that brought down the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Three thousand innocent…

Italian-American Culture When most people hear the term Italian-American, they begin to think of the Godfather, Rocky, the mafia, or even Fonzie from Happy Days. But, Italian-America is much more than the characters portrayed in films. Italian-American culture is a culture that has evolved through history despite discrimination and hardships. While they faced prejudice at first, they are now seen as a monumental contributor to the immensely diverse culture of the United States of America known…

traditional organized crime is most commonly associated with Italian criminal groups or La Cost Nostra, or better known as the mafia (Lyman, 2014). Most traditional crime family’s got started during the prohibition era. During this time they created a multi-million dollar bootlegging business that included illegal sales or alcohol and racketeering (Lyman, 2014). Since then, the mafia has been able to establish a sophisticated criminal network that focuses on the manufacturing, distribution and…

Chinatown, directed by Roman Polanski is one of the most classic neo-noir mystery detective films in American film history. The film is the story of a civilian fought with a big conspiracy. J.J. Gittes, a former police in Chinatown changed the direction of his career into a private detective. He involved in an investigation of an affair of the department's chief engineer of water and power, Mulwray which leads him to discover the conspiracy. In fact, to let the people of Los Angeles issued…