The Last Don (1997)
I am impressed by how superb this old CBS miniseries was. I don't watch mobster movies that often, but I have always had a soft spot for The Godfather, and was mildly curious to see this adaptation of another title by Godfather author Mario Puzo, when I learned of it, and am super glad that I did. I got an epic story about a treacherous crime family that spanned decades. It's full of juicy situations, and feels almost operatic, it has love, madness, power struggles, revenge, plenty of assassinations of course, and a shocker or two. The characters are thrilling, nobody comes out of this story with clean hands, and every single actor is rock solid in their part. The Emmy awards needed to find some room to give Danny Aiello a best actor nod as the magnificent bastard patriarch, Dom Clericuzio. I liked this a lot, and need a copy of it, because I could watch this again some day.
