A sprawling crime saga unfolds with melancholic grit as a gangster confronts his past in a slowly burning epic.
Melancholy. A full-attention watch that takes its time. Emotionally it is devastating.
Streaming on Prime Video and Plex (free).
Heads up on strong sex and nudity. That is past what the R on the box suggests. Beyond that, brutal violence and frequent strong language.
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A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
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