For the most part, this makes for a calculating core of the show around which everything else rotates. There is no lingering on torture or violence but simply a ruthless business-like approach. Anthony LaPaglia as Vito is a picture of calm pragmatism. And so, when he was arrested for a series of murders that took place in the 80s and extradited to America to serve his term between 20 the resulting power vacuum in the crime family marked the beginning of the end of his reign.Īs a crime drama, this is more Sopranos or Gommorah than Goodfellas. Rizzuto's control of the Police, drug supply, and City Hall politicians (ensuring a vice-like racketeering grip on city contracts) meant that nothing happened without his say so. By preferring to keep out of the limelight and by orchestrating a cooperative of the various criminal elements at street level, he wiped out the infighting. Operating on a different style to other, more flamboyant, gangsters, boss Vito Rizzuto managed to bring a long period of stability to the organised crime scene. But also has flashbacks to the 80s and 90s.

This Montreal mafia gangster controlled all organized crime throughout the city as well as southern Quebec and Ontario.Ĭreated by Michael Konyves and Simon Barry, the series focuses mostly on the period from the early 2000s to 2013. Canadian series Bad Blood is based on the real Mafia boss Vito Rizzuto's life. Whether you are watching the fantasy stylings of Game Of Thrones, the descent into narcissistic egotism in Breaking Bad, or the complex interplay in The Wire, the central draw is often the same: how difficult it is to obtain and keep power.

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