It's good, but i still didn't believe/buy all of it.
are you supposed to believe all of any crime fiction? raymond chandler? sherlock holmes? i thought this one did a damn fine job of suspending whatever fantastic elements it had that are a bit of a stretch, which were very few and subtle anyway. (by the way the Wire i think is completely 100% believable.)
but i was a bit tired toward the end of the film and am still a little confused about a few things:
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Luciani sends him to kill the rat who is talking to the Italians (the racist guy with long hair), and also his own boss, Marcello or whatever, M something. but instead of killing M, he lets him live, to "take revenge" on the racist guy.
my questions are: why did Luciani want him to kill M? why is M angry with the racist guy? (because he is a rat? but M didn't know he was a rat did he?) and finally: this seemed to have been the last power move which secured dude's new position in the scene -- how?
also: how did he become the leader of the Muslims? by giving money to the Imam over time? that's it? anyone who donates to the Imam can become leader of the Muslim gangs?