Counselor at Crime 4K 1973 Ultra HD 2160p

Story Movie

Thomas Accardo, the godson and lawyer of Don Antonio Macaluso, the gangster who controls San Francisco, is released from prison after serving a two-year sentence. He is determined to leave his life of crime behind and move out of town to be with his girlfriend. Reluctantly, Don Antonio lets Thomas leave the family, thereby giving Vincent Garofalo—a member of the crime clan who is opposed to him—reason to doubt his grip on power. Vincent eliminates Don Antonio’s loyal followers and tightens the noose of persecution around Don Antonio himself. The other mafia families watch to see how the conflict will end. Upon learning that a war has begun, Thomas returns to San Francisco to once again become Don Macaluso’s advisor and help him secure victory.

Review 4K Movie

Il Consigliori is a poliziotti film from 1973. Martin Balsam, a regular of these types of films plays Don Maggadino, a powerful San Francisco mob boss. His consigliori (lawyer) played by Tomas Milian, another familiar face in Italian films has just gotten out of jail. He is happy to see his Don once again but wants to go straight. Maggadino is not too happy but allows him to go his own way. Once this happens, Garafolo played by Francisco Rabal becomes unhappy and wants to branch off into his own family. Thus begins a war between the rival factions. The consigiliori cannot bear to see his don go down and joins him once again. This movie is fantastic. It has all the elements of an action movie plus many values of the Mafia system. There are great sit-down meetings in restaurants, numerous shoot-outs, two nice car chases, and a great story. The relationship between the always excellent Balsam and Milian in a more subdued role here is very special. There are great visuals of urban San Francisco and rural Sicily for the finale. Riz Ortolani provides a great soundtrack and Albert De Martino's (Blazing Magnum) direction provides a good flow. A must for Mob film and Italian action film fans.