Poor streets: I heard that you like violence?
Violence is always pervasive in Martin Scorsese's films, and "Poor Streets" is an important work in which he shows off.
Martin Scorsese, a famous American director, was born in "Little Italy" in New York. His dream was to be a godfather.
This film is semi-autobiographical and tells the story of a mafia in an Italian neighborhood. The Mafia is always an element that Italian movies cannot get around, and the "Good Guy" and "Godfather" series are particularly outstanding.
The story is not complicated. Young people such as Charlie, Johnny and Tony are a new generation of mafia who do nothing every day and collect protection money from people who do business in the reserve.
Meeting every night is always in a shabby bar. Charlie is the leader of young people, always covering the brothers under his hands, very prestigious.
Not among his brothers, Johnny always makes trouble. He owes a lot of money, especially Mike. This makes Charlie a headache, and he hopes to be a mafia with rules.
But Johnny was crazy. He didn't care about anyone. He repeatedly defaulted on the money he owed Mike. Fortunately, Charlie helped him mediate every time. But Johnny still went his own way, making trouble outside.
At the same time, Johnny's relationship with other partners is also very bad, because after his peers quarreled, someone shot and killed a drunk man in the bar. The Charlie escaped and continued to wander the streets at night.
Charlie and Johnny's cousin Teresa are lovers. She hopes that Johnny can leave here and fly with her. However, Charlie is very difficult to let go because of family ties. He still maintains the relationship with the previous generation of Mafia.
When they came to the bar again, they picked up a veteran from the family, and a group of people had a great time.
The good times didn't last long, Mike approached Charlie and threatened, if Johnny didn't pay back, don't blame him for being rude.
This makes Charlie very angry. But Johnny, on the contrary, counted as a few in his eyes, took out a pistol in public and threatened to kill him.
Afterwards, in order to prevent the incident from getting worse, Charlie rushed to the country with Johnny overnight. But Mike caught up and shot Johnny.
In the end, Charlie drove uncontrollably into the wall and staggered out of the car. The shot Johnny ran out of control to the dark corner. The movie ends.
The plot of the movie is not complicated, but it reflects the social background of the 1970s in the United States and the life of Italian Americans in the whole movie. It also reflects the collision between Italian Americans, blacks and Jews at that time.
Reply "Poor Streets and Back Alleys" in the background, you can watch it.
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