Former Mafia Member Rates 10 Mafia Scenes In Movies And TV | How Real Is It? | Insider

Former Mafia member John Pennisi rates 10 Mafia scenes in movies and television for realism, such as "The Sopranos" and "The Godfather." Pennisi was a made member of the Lucchese crime family before getting out of organized crime in 2018. Pennisi started cooperating with the FBI as a government witness in 2018 and has testified against current mafia members in court.
Pennisi discusses the accuracy of Mafia scenes in "The Sopranos" (2001), starring James Gandolfini; "The Godfather" (1972), featuring Al Pacino and Marlon Brando; and "Gotti" (2018), starring John Travolta. He also comments on Mafia tactics in "The Godfather Part III" (1990), "The Many Saints of Newark" (2021), "Futurama" (2000), and "King of New York" (1990). Pennisi dissects the rituals of Mafia life in "Kick-Ass" (2010), "The Office" (2009), and "Once Upon a Time in Queens" (2013).
Pennisi was convicted of manslaughter in a non-gang-related incident in 1989 and served 17 years in prison.
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Former Mafia Member Rates 10 Mafia Scenes In Movies And TV | How Real Is It?

[@CptnKraken]

Today I learned that Futurama is a more accurate depiction of the mob than Godfather Part 3

[@georgiosnmanesiotis9561]

A concise comment indeed sir

[@4c3fr3h1y]

Considering how part 3 was im not surprised

[@Larry_Sportello]

I mean...Godfather III sets the bar about as low as can be. What an absolute fuckin travesty of a "movie"...

[@surprisecat7401]

@@Larry_Sportello Honestly just watched 1 which was a masterpiece and stopped there.

[@vinoo882010]

@@surprisecat7401 good for quitting while you were ahead

[@guthax30]

I'm glad we have both this guy and Franzese doing this. I like the idea that we get both a capo and a soldiers perspective on these things.

[@MewmewGrrl]

And you know, if the mob just left these guys alone and let them leave, they wouldn't have had to turn to the Government for protection and give them all this information. But they won't let people leave, people who made a mistake joining when they were young and they grow up and don't want to be involved. If they just actually let them leave, the guys wouldn't be giving all this information to the Government. Yes, a lot more would be leaving if they were allowed to go on their way, but don't they want people who really have their hearts in it and aren't looking to get out by the only means possible which is to inform and make Government deals to get out? They have no choice but to inform because the mob doesn't leave them a choice. And like this guy said, the whole perception of all this great honor and such is not really how it goes. That's Hollywood. These are criminals who snitch out each other all the time and have very little honor, it's about money and greed and getting away with what you can get away with. Not just in society, but within their mafia system as well. Still, I'd rather it be the mob we know, the Italian Mafia, rather than other kinds of mobs from various countries that try to get a piece here. While I don't think the Italian Mafia have that much respect and honor and it's more about what you can get away with, I do think they still have more honor than a lot of mob groups from other countries that have tried to get seeded here. And so as long as we're forced to have these kind or organizations around, I still kind of hope the Italian Mafia remains the dominant criminal organization in the US, as ridiculous as that may sound.

[@tobe1207]

MF never gave any information on anyone

[@ikmalkamal5830]

​@@MewmewGrrlHey I hear you man. It's as they say. Better a devil you know, than the one you don't.

[@AK-74K]

@@tobe1207 That's what he says - he is the master of the narrative. But he can be quite loose with the truth

[@shmabadu]

This guy did 17 years in prison, now I want to see him rate prison movies.

[@DaveSCameron]

No heroes in goals

[@aidanhelfrich4887]

Check out larry Lawton he was in prison for a decade and does a lot of prison movie reviews

[@MatteoPrezioso]

Good point.

[@jaquanpowell4605]

He looks good for 17 years

[@lucaschuchusao]

17 years in the can.

[@HereForTheComments]

In The Sopranos' defense, Phil said the way they make guys in Jersey is all messed up.

[@TheKingOfJordan1]

They're a glorified crew

[@nickjohnson710]

There's no sword and gun on table, guys don't get there finger picked 🤌

[@peterusmany]

🤣🤣

[@eurobubble7068]

this is based on real life, the nj family didnt follow protocol during ceremonies, when Gotti found out, he told them to do it over again with their guys or the gambinos wouldnt recognize them as made.

[@HereForTheComments]

@@eurobubble7068 Bravo once again, Chase. Untouchable writing.

[@derrattler9508]

He looks and talks exactly like I imagined an Italian mafia guy 😂

[@MikeB12800]

He looks and talks like all my cousins!! 😬

[@jfg1104]

We ( all italians) speak like this in NYC, Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania

[@chicken4090]

@@jfg1104 not Connecticut or Pennsylvania, I’m from nyc whenever I leave and go to pa or ct or upstate everyone sounds like a damn canadian

[@chicken4090]

What’s so funny

[@Zanollo5]

So, you discovered the Italian accent. Congrats for u kiddo

[@ShivamTyagiSpade]

Next: Airplane hijackers rates 10 airplane hijacking scenes from movies.

[@Not2Be0utDone]

Too soon

[@kanegarvey848]

Somehow filmed from beyond the grave.

[@rafael2499]

Not even remotely funny

[@TheTrolliosis]

@@rafael2499 it's pretty funny

[@chancelord8052]

10 suicide bombers explain what it was like to be suicide bombers

[@ttanizawa901]

I love how the Godfather scene gets a 0/10 whereas Futurama gets a higher rating.

[@usmantariq7997]

He gave Godfather a 7

[@ttanizawa901]

@@usmantariq7997 There were multiple scenes from The Godfather. At 3:43 he gives it a 0/10. He gave a lot more of the Futurama scenes a lot of serious nods towards the aspects it was portraying, which I found to be kind of funny.

[@usmantariq7997]

@@ttanizawa901 Yeah that's funny

[@osamashatat]

* Godfather 3

[@dessemiss]

@@ttanizawa901 godfather 3 was quite unrealistic compared to the first one

[@godaistudios]

Non Mafia don't like Godfather III either, so basically, everybody hates it.

[@louis8487]

Yup. The two kinds of folk in this world. Mafia. And non mafia.

[@cameron9322]

it’s not as a bad of a movie as people make it out to be

[@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid]

@@louis8487 To be fair, that *does* describe everyone on Earth.

[@romulusnr]

Every single Insider HowRealIsIt video: * Scenes from movies and shows that are actually related to the topic: "It's not like that all!" 2/10!" * Scenes from movies and shows where it was one throwaway scene with a throwaway character: "Actually realistic, 8/10!"

[@VlianVlian]

The sopranos, as usual, is perfect. One of the major themes is that Tony "came late". It's the opening monologue of the series. They're trying to be the five families in the seventies, but they're the new Jersey mob in the late 90s early 00's. The fact that they mess up the ceremony fits perfectly. It's one of the reasons the show is so great. We can all relate to the feeling of coming late to the party and feeling like we're just pretending. At to that the themes of precarious class status and it fits in nicely with a declining middle class that many can identify with.

[@jayr3381]

Like Carmine said "they're a glorified crew".

[@TG-jv8lf]

Haha yea I think a lot of the mob guys don’t understand what the Sopranos is really all about like you were saying and you know it’s really a show about society and life and social commentary through the lens of mobsters

[@sprawlz6466]

The Sopranos also sacrifices realism for artistic freedom on multiple occasions. That’s just the kind of show it was, it didn’t try to hide it. Take the episode “Pine Barrens” for example. The surface level plot of that episode makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. That dude got shot in the head and got back up, then he straight up disappeared, and Chris and Paulie’s tracks didn’t lead back to the car for some reason. But all that stuff symbolically constructs a story with a functional narrative and it’s easily one of the best episodes of the series. If a work of fiction makes no attempt to make sense, then I give it a pass. If everything had to be realistic then it would automatically make any science fiction or fantasy movies bad by default. Plus, The Sopranos utilizes absurdity and unrealistic scenes for comedic purposes. The show is honestly hilarious.

[@moappleseider1699]

@@sprawlz6466 LMFAO Dude I don't think the Pine Barrens episode was that deep. First off the Russians head got grazed by the bullet. A small caliber bullet from at least 30YDS away. That fact that Paulie even hit him with a hand gun from that distance is pure luck. I've been shooting guns for a long time, and I can't hit anything that accurately from that distance. Secondly Valery "the Russian" was a member of the Spetsnaz or Special Forces. So surviving a flesh wound, even in the head, and than running a decent distance in the cold in New Jersey and later dying (if he did) isn't really a stretch. Years ago I watched and interview with a former mob member who's crew thought he was snitching, and they actually shot him in the back of the head twice with a .22 from point blank range and the bullets didn't even penetrate his skull. He survived and though he was not snitching before he immediately went to the Feds. Granted he was a big boy and more than likely had a pretty thick skull but still. Anyways I think Valery climbed a tree, as they do show a downward view looking at Chrissy and Paulie. At the very least he ran off and died somewhere else. Third I would trust Chrissy and Paulie to find their way out of the woods about as much as I would trust a daycare ran by Jerry Sandusky and Jeffrey Epstein. Those two guys probably walked in circles a couple times, also it was probably hunting season and the tracks got confused for older ones. It wasn't super fresh snow either so the tracks could have been hard to pick up. Not to mention the snow covered woods in the winter time is an easy place to get lost. I lived in Michigan for a long time and had a cabin up north. In the summer I knew my way around the woods very well, but I went up there during the winter one time and after a snow fall was a different story. I think that episode was more about Paulie and Chrissy being friends but under the surface of their friendship there wasn't much holding them together. They would turn on each other real quick. Also did Valery survive? From the first time I saw that episode I always was weary of the Russians coming back for revenge.

[@brandonblackfyre5783]

@@jayr3381 I think John said that right?

[@steve8234]

They chose some strange films and shows. There's so many mafia movies, but Kickass and Futurama made the list.

[@clawzx1195]

Because they mostly do things the right way and if they dont it’d just be a dry fuckin rating

[@kommisar.]

My favorite was the last breakdown. I've heard very little about how many people turn to ratting when they get pinched. I like how he said people in the mafia are not honorable as portrayed in the movies, but selfish and greedy. Makes sense.

[@briancoyle9379]

The bird in the window is also symbolic in irish superstition as well. A bird from a western facing wondow symbolized the sluagh, the wild hunt. It was a representation that death was coming for someone inside. It would in this scene symbolize Chris' impending doom for chosing this life path

[@erikdahlgren6656]

Respect to this man for getting out and showing us this.🤘

[@Sitdownnews]

Thank you- John Pennisi ( Sitdownnews Podcast)

[@isshinashina7460]

A rat

[@bobson3014]

Well, don't. He's a murderer who only switched sides because his own life was in danger. He's never done a single thing in his life that should be respected.

[@Congslop]

To be fair, in the Sopranos, Phil Leotardo hated that Tony did a lot of mob stuff loosy goosy and not by the book.

[@Guillermo_Carratero]

For me, the most crazy thing about that scene with the helicopter from Godfather 3, was the guy with his 'lucky coat'. He's just holding the coat and screaming "My lucky coat!! My lucky coat!!" without taking his so-called lucky coat off the rack. That was just incredibly RIDICULOUS!!! 🤦‍♂️

[@studinthemaking]

I think he just had a breakdown. That why he was acting like that.

[@widowrumstrypze9705]

For me, it was the casting of Janet Reno as Michael Corleone. Disgraceful.

[@lsjt8924]

I’m glad this guy ACTUALLY doesn’t self aggrandise and glorify the mob the way that Michael Franzese does, whilst saying “I never glorify the mob” but constantly talking about how honorable and great the guys he knew in the life were.

[@MrSinthan]

Yeah, I'm so tired of him.

[@dr3dg352]

Franzes is a stunad of the highest magnitude.

[@MarcusLeonard307]

This comment is very accurate and after seeing lots of his content, I agree. It seems he may be a little concerned about "stepping on toes" still, which is understandable.

[@seismicrocket]

Since when did Franzese glorified the mob? He's literally the antithesis of one. If there's someone that glorifies the mob, it's Sammy Gravano.

[@MrWeenuk21]

give me some examples.

[@charliestory2143]

I appreciate your serious truthfulness.

[@PhantomFelix211164]

That moment when you realize that Futurama is more realistic than The Godfather Part III

[@Eriecartel]

Well its a comedy and we all know every joke has a hidden truth

[@thegadflygang5381]

I have a Haitian transgender servobot living next door. 100% accurate show

[@FreePalestineJahRastafari]

I’d say 90% of viewers never understood godfather III because they never studied particularly what was going on in italy at that historical time, Vatican banks, casinos, mafia, masonry ecc

[@rilasolo113]

@@FreePalestineJahRastafariit not about understanding it’s about the appalling acting, irrelevant characters, bizarre character changes and poor overall product.

[@FreePalestineJahRastafari]

@@rilasolo113nope I don’t agree sorry, I study history as a ho by and that time of Italian history was one of the darkest in history for us, and it was very well reflected in the movie

[@ellis7622]

It’s great to see John doing one of these. He’s really well spoken and extremely knowledgeable about the mob. Plus he’s the real deal. You can’t beat that.

[@stevenleslie8557]

Interesting subject. Thanks for sharing

[@michaelhill4183]

Great video 😎😎 John did a good job breaking down these shows

[@Sitdownnews]

Thank you, Michael

[@enduring22]

Appreciate the honesty. Good review

[@thatoneguy6776]

so...what brand of shirt are you wearing, sir? i love the block pattern

[@ulalaFrugilega]

The Sopranos does it, though. That last statement. If one watches the whole series not one illusion remains intact.

[@mikehunt3746]

Cool to see John from Sitdownnews on this channel 👍

[@Maazzzo]

More of these, please. Love them.

[@Sitdownnews]

It was fun filming it- John Pennisi ( Sitdownnews podcast)

[@688Michal]

No more of this, Butchie, no more of this.

[@CyclingM1867]

I find it quite interesting that movies like The Godfather series and a show like The Sopranos aren't nearly as accurate about the mafia as people would like to think. I'd love to know what helped this man and others leave the mafia behind. I love videos like this where various experts on all kinds of topics share their knowledge so that we can learn from them. :)

[@Mason-iy4cx]

Well the Sopranos was less accurate than others, because the family Tony ran did things wrong, which was even brought up in the show and caused the New York family to go to war with the Jersey family.

[@Rhiggins5173]

Actually, everything he pointed out was brought up in another part of the same episode. Yeah Sil cracked a joke at the beginning before the ceremony started, but the bird being a bad omen, being made being one of the lowest points in that character's life, and it taking 10+ years for Chris to be made were all discussed. I kinda feel like this scene needs more context.

[@landenmann3436]

@@Mason-iy4cxthe sopranos is actually very accurate, so accurate that agents told creator David Chase that they had wire taps on mafia members and they were talking about the sopranos, wondering if they had a rat cuz sopranos was so accurate

[@jesterjax8400]

I agree with the Hollywood comment. If someone is actually hit with a group around, they'd spend hours just trying to figure out where the shot came from. They'd probably never know who did it and actually rely on law enforcement to give them clues as to who was responsible.

[@thesaints-7-andrew.]

I wanna know how this man managed to get out of the mob and now sitting calm and talk about mob things and names without any hesitation.or should I say fear.There's no 'former' when it comes to mafia.

[@ericbrown-yq2ey]

The Mafia has recognized its better to reform their image to the public. Than to continue the old way of things. Just like lucky Luciano rewrote the book back then, these guys are doing it now.

[@thesaints-7-andrew.]

@@ericbrown-yq2ey reform in the front but 'backstage' same old story.

[@ericbrown-yq2ey]

@@thesaints-7-andrew. most likely but it's still a smart move

[@Vendrix86]

he mentions it in the other insider video but he has to plan whatever he does and wherever he goes. He can't visit his family that much. He's gonna be looking over his shoulder his entire life. He's just being cautious and smart about it but it must be so draining to do this day in and out.

[@cambodianbreastmilk2980]

The Mafia isn't what it was. Henry Hill snitched and still went to NY and wasn't touched. The Mafia used to be everywhere in America and the only way for someone to generally escape was snitch and enter witness protection but these days you could just leave your area and you'd be mostly fine. Rico decimated the mafia in America and while they're still about, they don't hold the power they used to and most families are really small.

[@necrowolf77]

My guess is that mobsters used to be loyal and honorable when they were all known family members and very close associates, when it started to expand all that went out the window very quickly.

[@tallsmile28]

The RICO statute made guys flip

[@LucaDavoli_]

@@EresirThe1st Somewhat untrue. As in, the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta, the current world's biggest mafia (making 60+ bilion a year) is known for maintaining actual familial blood ties. Meaning, it gets passed down from father to son. It's actually kept in the family. This has led the 'ndrangheta to both become the biggest mafia in Italy (alongside their near monopoly on European coke) and the most wide-spread and wealthy organized crime syndicate in the world. Their members barely snitch, because it's much more rare for an Italian to snitch on an actual blood relative. And the so called "'ndrangheta kids'' (kids who grow up with mafiosi families) are trained from a young age to follow in their family's footsteps. It's a rather sad thing, especially because the Italian mafias bleed our country dry.

[@AristotleSanchez1000]

Way back, in this area, they were almost all related or at least intermarried, and from the same village or at least the same province

[@assembled1855]

Really good upload here. I hope we'll see former Biker member rates Biker scenes in Movies and TV.

[@AshuSinghthealkiddo]

'Self Preservation'. I too have this. 👀

[@Guillermo_Carratero]

Such a great guy John Penissi, I'm so happy for him that he's becomming so succesful..

[@Sitdownnews]

Thank you- John Pennisi (Sitdownnews Podcast)

[@Killerboss-bg8fi]

Was almost in tears of laughter when Futurama came on. Wasn't expecting that at all!!

[@joecandela]

That was really good John lots of luck. Looking forward to the next Sitdown News podcast as well so please keep them coming !!

[@Sitdownnews]

Always, Joseph - John Pennisi ( Sitdownnews podcast)

[@ihelp2011]

This guy is a class act. His channel is great also Sitdownnews.

[@Sitdownnews]

Thank you Keybumps - John Pennisi

[@gen2886]

what's his channel?

[@gen2886]

@@Sitdownnews thanks

[@jackjackson39]

@@Sitdownnews subscribed

[@Sitdownnews]

@@jackjackson39 thank you

[@richardclarke3924]

4:38, So not the first time Rudi has been involved with the FBI!

[@jaredmiller2689]

Love the Futurama thrown in there

[@kevinnonicetime6959]

Good to see John Pennisi on other platforms.

[@Sitdownnews]

Thank you- John Pennisi

[@darudesandstrom1067]

Somebody mentioned this already but it appears that the sopranos went over John’s head. It’s stated in the show how the mafia has lost its way, specifically Tony’s crew. Phil leotardo basically started a war over it. Maybe rewatch the show and you’ll see

[@antoinesilva1527]

He hadn’t fully watched it at the time of this video.

[@randylahey8101]

John never had the makings of a varsity athlete

[@gwm999]

Listen to him, he knows everything.

[@willmosse3684]

I disagree with that take. Yes, one theme is it’s about the decline of the mob (though tbh, it starts like that, but it kind of jettisons that a bit). But that doesn’t explain every mistake they made about how it operates. A lot of that is just that there was a lot less info out there on how the mob worked at the time that The Sopranos was made. In the last 20 years, and particularly in the last five years, the number of former members who have written books, done interviews, and now started KZbin channels, is huge. There is vastly more knowledge about how the mob functioned/functions now than there was in the late 90s. Plus, I think they changed some things up for dramatic/comedic effect, as movies and tv shows always do. Having the two guys getting made together could be a genuine mistake (personally I don’t think it was some statement about declining standards in the mob), or, it could be that when you are making a tv show, you have a limited number of scenes to get your story across, and it would just be boring to have them go in one at a time and repeat the same thing, so they ran them together. And I definitely think that they inserted jokes and verbal conflict into a lot of situations where it wouldn’t have happened in real life, because it’s a tv show, and it has to entertain and engage the audience.

[@SpacedOutDoonie]

Can yall use the Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia scenes from the episodes "The Gang Gets Whacked" next time. "Oh, Ohh, OOHHH.... ENOUGH WIT DA OHS"

[@deathstroke8021]

Let this guy see the Mafia 1 & 2 games. I remember that in the second game is the "straightened out" situation portraited how he says - that being one behind door than called in

[@giantsalsa3977]

Next: 5000 year old mummies rates ancient Egyptian movies Dungeons and Dragons Necromancers rate zombie movies. And Original Sasquatch rates Monster Movies.

[@georgeleos8219]

Umm they don’t Spricken Z English. (Italian penguins?). However, I Spricken….

[@chaoticneutral7573]

Sasquatch: RAAAAAAAW AGGGGGHR ( translation: 6/10 that bigfoot is not heary enough)

[@123misou]

@@chaoticneutral7573 xDDDD

[@E.OrthodoxMHNIN]

He says only one person would be ‘made’ at a time, but I believe Michael Franzese has publicly stated that he was made at the same time as at least one other guy.

[@inedibledorito]

These guys were trained to lie... Michael likes to exaggerate.... They all do

[@patrickbooth5091]

He says the same night. That doesn’t mean they were all in the room at the same time

[@willkirkoff1333]

Yeah there were multiple people being made but it was one after the other. They had to wait their turn

[@dmitrywagstaff]

To be fair to The Sopranos, they make anybody and everybody over there.

[@ShitinWithNoBathroom]

And the way they do it is all fucked up.

[@Lolmeep]

Historically, Carmine always said the Sopranos are nothing more than a glorified crew.

[@AwakenedMan]

It’s five fucken families and that Pygmy thing over in jersey

[@andi3669]

@@ShitinWithNoBathroom Guys don’t get their finger pricked. There's no sword and gun on the table...

[@Red_Black_Key]

Welp......looks like you've told us a couple of three thing.

[@bigbaba1111]

i love how he did the futurama scene.:)

[@constancevigilance3692]

I would have been curious about his opinion on "good fellas".

[@pghwhpffw9051]

I guess he's lvl 30 hitman

[@die_buecher7090]

Lvl 30 in a IOI Hitman game is very low.

[@pghwhpffw9051]

@@die_buecher7090 i'm talking about real games Mafia city

[@die_buecher7090]

@@pghwhpffw9051 Oh I see,you mean the best mobile game in the world.

[@pghwhpffw9051]

@@die_buecher7090 the best game in the world

[@dapyx256]

What is his shirt brand - pretty cool.

[@justinhopper5941]

Asking him a bunch of questions about Futurama. That’s insider for you lol

[@KiraVu6786]

Armand Assante did a good job in portraying John Gotti.

[@landofthesilverpath5823]

I thought it was strange they inducted Gene at the same time. The Robot mob! This guy is a tough critic.

[@DaveOriginallyfromBrooklyn]

Excellent. John is the best.

[@OCSHORTZ]

Great work John.

[@Sitdownnews]

Thank you and a big shout out to OC Shortz

[@JONNOG88]

How about Jim Lovell reviews Astronaut movies?? Including his own ?

[@delvesdg]

LOL!!! I live in Ozone Park. The remnants of the Italian Mob are long gone. Howard Beach on the other hand, quite possibly, but I ain't talkin'...

[@donvitocascioferro4040]

They're not long gone they stay out of social clubs,streets and try to stay off the FBI's radar. And they've figured there's lots of money to be earned in white collar crime than the streets.

[@AristotleSanchez1000]

Along withmost the Italian ethnic enclave neighborhoods around the country,that never saw or heard or said anything

[@vicconi3723]

Suprised he never rated A Bronx Tale.

[@bsartist3373]

0:30 So he agrees with Phil Leotardo that "The way they do it over there is all fucked-up."

[@DoomRulz]

Why on Earth did you ask him to rate the Gotto film with Travolta and not the superior film with Armand Assante from 1996?

[@jhoelgrijalva3740]

As a kid living in Ozone Park i would go into restaurants and i can see wise guys in the back playing cards, there was this one time i went into a pizzeria with my friends after playing baseball at Pals oval right off Cross Bay Blvd and they had a guy( i guess a snitch) on the table confronting him and choking him and then when we walked in they told us it was closed and they escorted us out. I grew up all over NYC, in brooklyn, Astoria, Washington heights, Etc. But Ozone Park was the "Badest" of them all. There were Real gangsters/wise guys walking them streets not them other gangters with toys shooting random people in the projects.

[@OmniMale]

As a 70s NYorker, this is wild. Associates were all around. Even a brown half hispanic like me could have been an associate.

[@AristotleSanchez1000]

Knew a guy that moved to NYC in late 1970s. Within a couple weeks he was working for them and running around with them.

[@ExtrackterYT]

4:37 Even though that picture of Rudy Guiliani is taken in the mid 80's it sure looks like something straight out of the 60's.

[@lawrencenabuin1344]

Incredible

[@ct1762]

i suspect most of us had hunches mob territories weren't that disputed aka everyone staying within theirs. always made sense to me: if each family is making good money, stepping out of bounds looks very unattractive in real life.

[@ovskii96]

Up Next: Serial Killer Rates 10 Serial Killer scenes

[@Catastropheshe]

I mean that's possible to make 😁

[@SURYA-qh5yf]

📌📍 this legendary comment 🔥🔥😂😂

[@RW77777777]

Johnny Tight-Lips with the zeroes here

[@lanceromance6856]

Awesome John!

[@Sitdownnews]

Thank you- John Pennisi (Sitdownnews Podcast)

[@theteachersministry158]

Great show

[@jackofalltrades1773]

I was really hoping he'd do the clips from John Wick

[@mattsweeny3957]

John. Do you know who the technical advisors were on the Sopranos? I know Hollywood overules them alot in any case. Matt NYC

[@Nootathotep]

these scores are brutal

[@jfgibson73]

He says certain scenes are inaccurate, but is it possible some groups would do things differently than others?

[@harsha345155]

Great!

[@brianshooter_6723]

I think Gamology should get him on his view on Mafia Definitive Edition

[@minnie21434]

*YESS*

[@Daxter250]

why the definite edition though and not the old one?

[@David_Quinn_Photography]

John needs to help in the filming business to get these mafia movies better.

[@mattercontrol5656]

"Former mafia reacts to mafias in Wattpad." I want to see that one hahahahaha

[@cantthinkofausername8698]

Come on guys you put futurama and super bad in but don't include goodfellas and casino 😒

[@belowaverageluke1369]

This guy is the real deal. He’s just dropping zeroes left and right

[@commieRob]

Always shocked to hear that professional criminals fail to follow rules.

[@anthonyperno1348]

But the "Christopher situation" worked out just as you said it did for you. It was, in reality, a step down and a humiliation, where he had to became even more servile to the bosses. I thought from the way you explained your experience this would be rated high for reality. The reality of false expectations.

[@michaeld.uchiha9084]

I always have one question. Isnt it very dangerous for EX .... to make such videos?

[@allypezz]

I was wondering too

[@pdfbanana]

I'm sure he still has to be wary of where he goes to a degree, but the mafia's nowhere near what it once was. Smartphones, street cams & drones, and the surveillance state have changed the game. Not tryna be dramatic, they can't always just randomly spy on people & they don't always know who to spy on. But it's so much easier to get busted for organized crime now in the US with new technology & post-9/11 laws and policies

[@dubtrooper6697]

I know that it's only an anime, but has there ever been a Doppio/Diavolo situation? Again, I don't think it would happen, but I'm curious

[@vanshatresh3443]

The fact that a scene from "the office" is in the video is just pretty funny to me. That's all.

[@HoonAgain]

Spent more time reviewing Futurama than The Godfather. Futurama got the better score. Didn’t see that coming. I believe this man.

[@calaabkirby6889]

love these .... usually .....(blind guy rates the best looking movie posters of 2021).......🤣

[@mercurialsnake4503]

Next up: Real life legendary hero rates fate series

[@makincash3337]

What was the Chris walken movie?

[@alfredoandroid357]

I think passing the jewelry thing , I seen it in a movie about Roman's, not sure why it was in the mafia movie

[@AristotleSanchez1000]

In Italy,the government puts the Sicilian Cosa Nostra,the Calabrian N'Draghetena,the Camorra,etc all under the umbrella term of being a "Mafia". Not to mention all the different groups have people operating all over Italy iand the world,kind of like "Branch Offices" who over time may or may not seek and obtain independence. That's what happened here in America in many cases.Guys started in NYC or maybe New Orleans , Chicago Then for one reason or another went to small cities and towns around NYS , West Coast ,Midwest The South or the country. Or maybe ,some were just home born and bred in smaller towns

[@infaqkhan2222]

Next video: "Alien rates 10 aliens movies" I believe insider has an alien expert too.

[@micro11.]

"god rates 10 god movies"

[@infaqkhan2222]

@@micro11. u are killing the suspense for after life. Only then we are about to find if he exists or not. If he does we would ask him to make a youtube for afterlife and.... Eeh getting long im out

[@jamesroyle6888]

They're going to have to add something about making youtube videos to the omerta.

[@MikeB12800]

Armande Assante and HBO made a great Gotti movie back in the 90’s

[@tillerman7272]

ye tbf that movie was awesome

[@richardsantanna5398]

The movie wasn't that good. But Assante did a great job portraying Gotti.

[@jonamoe878]

Thanks Franzese

[@Guillermo_Carratero]

@@richardsantanna5398 You're crazy, that was one of the most authentic mob movies of all time..

[@richardsantanna5398]

@@Guillermo_Carratero It may be authentic, but that doesn't make it a good movie. It was trying to portray reality in the life so accurately that it failed as a work of art and it was rather dull.

[@idontknow_whattowritesooo130]

I'm here thinking that you were gonna get Michael Franzese here but I was pleasantly surprised

[@Sitdownnews]

Thank you- John Pennisi (Sitdownnews podcast)

[@DiscreetUser]

I'm sure I've got quite some lessons today for my future career..

[@loveinthematrix]

Be careful hun

[@Catastropheshe]

@@loveinthematrix he's not very discreet 😂

[@SophiaAphrodite]

LOL, that FBI picture had Giuliani. Boy did he fall far.

[@imnobody7747]

Next:Mother Earth reacts to 10 doomsday scenes from movies

[@user-vf4xl2dp8j]

I believe all the loyalty and honor is more old school than new school

[@wabisabi7755]

John PENNISI... Hehehe... (This is why I don't have friends)

[@Ks48778]

John is real deal, a bird in the house foretells a death.

[@TheChocolateTurkey]

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