Mafia Prince and Mafia Cops should be made into movies

 It seems like the American gangster genre is dead and buried. In the past few years we have gotten a few films about the gangster and they were all lackluster. The Irishman was overrated and garbage. It was too long and the CGI was not very realistic. People only pretended to like it because it was Scorsese and Pacino and Robert De Niro and Pesci. 

Gone are the days in the 90s when we had Scarface, Goodfellas and Casino. Gone are the early 2000s when we had the Wire, Breaking Bad and the Sopranos. Maybe Hollywood is too obsessed with super hero movies and don't care about the gangster genre anymore.

Nevertheless, there are still many stories to be told in the gangster genre. There is still a fascination with the outlaw who lives by his own rules. One of the few series that I appreciate is Narcos. It does not glorify crime and paints the mobsters as the vicious bandits that they really are. Gomorra was also another television show that was very realistic and did not sugar coat the lives of criminals and showed how pernicious organized crime is to society.

If I could rewind time I would have like to see Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci play John Gotti and Sammy the Bull respectively. If I had a billion dollars or a magic wand I would like to see the movies made about the following books.

Mafia Prince by Scott Burnstein and Phil Leonetti

It is unforgivable that Mafia Prince has not been turned into a movie.  This book should have been put on screen in the 90s. Joe Pesci could have played lunatic mob boss Little Nicky Scarfo and Michael Imperioli could have played his nephew Crazy Phil. The book has every ingredient required to make a great movie. It has action, murder, psychotic violence, dark humour, treachery and redemption. I hope one day Hollywood execs come to their senses and finance this project.

Mob Cops by Greg B Smith

This book should be turned into a movie. Why not? It is about two corrupt cops who worked and killed for the mob. I could easily see Steve Schirripa and Michael Imperioli play the two crooked cops.