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The series chronicles the life and times of Enoch Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi), the city treasurer whose double role as politician and bootlegger makes him the city's undisputed czar at a time when illegal alcohol has opened up highly lucrative opportunities for rumrunners and distributors. In a city defined by notorious backroom politics and vicious power struggles, Nucky must contend with ambitious underlings, relentless Feds, rival gangsters -- including Arnold Rothstein, Lucky Luciano and Al Capone -- and his own appetite for women, profits, and power. (official distributor synopsis)
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Boardwalk Empire (2010)
The era of prohibition and the golden age of escalating organized crime are thoroughly documented in film and television. However, HBO proves that returning to seemingly exhausted material can be very successful if done right. Boardwalk Empire turned out to be one of the most pleasant television surprises in recent years for me. Steve Buscemi is a charismatic boss of a criminal gang, not one-dimensional, but a highly complex human character. Paz de la Huerta is the perfect mafia seductress, and the likable character played by Kelly Macdonald is interestingly torn between two worlds and faced with numerous difficult decisions. You can create a work in a similar environment either in the style of The Untouchables, as a battle between the heroes and villains, or as a comprehensive portrait of society, showcasing the workings of crime in all its forms and levels. Boardwalk Empire is the latter and brilliantly demonstrates how crime was firmly ingrained in the social structure of the United States at that time. You can witness the corrupt practices of politicians, as well as small-time street thieves, prostitutes in brothels, and foot soldiers doing rough work. Here, the characters are not so much positive or negative, but rather people with different interests in varying shades of grey. Overall impression: 95%.
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