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According to the true story of New York during the 1970s and 1980s, when it was ruled by five mafia families that unleash devastation and pulverization around the nation. This leads five gallant federal agents to work on tracking down them.
CRITICS OF "Fear City: New York vs The Mafia - Season 1"
Wall Street Journal
Unfortunately for director Sam Hobkinson, what happened mostly was wiretaps, surveillance and the exercise of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act... Crime busting, as Fear City shows, can be tedious.
Where Fear City truly shines is in its finer details...The result is a real-life cat-and-mouse saga of duplicity, treachery and murder that put an end to the golden age of the New York City mafia.
Director Sam Hobkinson does a masterful job of weaving previously unheard recordings, new interviews with mob insiders and former investigators, and well-filmed dramatic re-creations.
It can be a little dry at times, but it's an easy watch, a reminder of how dedicated professionals and breakthroughs in technology can change law and order.