ThrillMessage There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

Doomtomylo a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

Bluebell Alcock Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

super marauder I saw the pilot and was hooked. I thought Miami Vice was over rated, but I really liked this one. It is a basic plot of a Chicago thug working his way up the ladder, with a cop who's obsessed with bringing him down.The realism of the characters was great. Dennis Farina is a former Chicago police officer and he was perfect. Anthony (Tony) Dennison is fantastic as the hot headed yet cool Ray Luca.The first season the best, but I gave it an 8 because the second season seemed to lose it's edge. First of all the show was about the rise of Ray Luca, now that he's on top, what now?Second, the production got lazy. Here's Torello driving his 1957 Chrysler and the road is full of mini vans, and he turns into the driveway full of 1960 Ford police cars or they steal scenes from other episodes and try to make them fit. How about Cori Luca watching 'Let's Make a Deal' and the winner wins a brand new 1970 something Cadillac. Come on guys...REALLY!One more thing, the show seemed to be watered down. God forbid! We better not offend a four year old! But there were some good episodes as well.Another fun thing is seeing some of the guest stars and they are famous today, like Julia Roberts.I got both seasons on DVD and I still enjoy them. It's T.V. at it's best, too bad we have to go to the cable channels so see good television today!

Benjamin Wolfe I only wish I could rate it higher on the scale than just ten stars.Talk about a lot of work that went into this one. I actually felt as if I was back in the early sixties when I was watching it. This was masterfully done. The scripting, to me was flawless. The development of the characters, was straight up, right. The scenery, well...brought to you by Good Ole Michael Mann. Largely some of the coolest style and presentation in Television and Cinema that I have seen yet. Mr. Mann brings deep emotional content and sustaining context to what he makes. I was traveling on a short vacation, I stopped into Tower Records in L.A. probably about (1995) and found the complete 'Crime Story' series on VHS for I believe it was merely $60.00 then. Needless to say I bought it. Then later on laser disk, but only found a couple. Now it has been put out on DVD!! Thankyou everyone in charge of production and ownership of the rights and especially WalMart for selling it on-line! Cheaper than when I bought it on VHS even. Every character together makes the 'tapestry' of the story complete. From the lawyer, David Abrams(Stephen Lang), the ever 'Bad', Ray Luca, to Johnny O'Donnell (David Caruso, now C.S.I.:Miami's Lt. Caine) Pauli Taglia the roly-poly happy go lucky, sometimes fearful,(when running into Turello) sidekick to head man 'Luca'. But, you can't forget (or even try) the king of the street Lt. Mike Turello! Now He's the man!!! His crew, including Big Walter Clemmons, Nate, Joey and of course Danny. All excellent detectives battling highly organized crime (or evil) in their fair city. The town and all the back ground in the story just rings true to form of that city in that era. The job putting this all together to make it that real, takes incredible work, time, effort, research. Even down to using real 'Morgue footage' actual film stock from 1963 for the real 1960s Chicago look. It was compiled and layered just right. But then the network that let this epic show, just go, I believe is really stupid. Just like other shows that have had total-life left and yet the network 'lunk-heads' pulled the plug instead of giving some better, (uh hmmm) P.R. than they had done, back then. This show inspired me and my creative mind. I didn't quite know in what way, then, but I know now. I recommend this awesome police-mafia drama, with some comical over tones to those who enjoy wheel made television. (***)P.S: I just bought the DVD set, and it is still a beauty to behold, now digitally remastered!!!!

burnett33160 Crime story is often considered a predecessor to more well-known but lower quality shows like the Sopranos which is essentially a soap opera with a minstrel show with Italian- Americans caricatures. Crime Story is a top 5 candidate for best crime drama of in TV history. It is the story of two men, one a smart, ambitious hoodlum determined to rise from small- time thievery to international kingpin, even if he has to kill his own mother to get there. The other is an old-fashioned, volatile policeman whose sole mission in life is to destroy the organized crime syndicate. There are both men on a quest that feels destined from day one to collide with the others quest. It is always clear to the audience that the reason for torellos hatred of luca and other criminals is his fundamental respect for human life and his adversary's lack of it. Mike Torello is the kind of cop who believes people are responsible for there actions and should be held accountable. This is the reason the show was set in the early 60s to begin with and the reason why torello is rapidly becoming a dinosaur. The Vietnam war begins late in the second season and you can feel torellos obsolesence coming on. Soon Americans will enter an era where public opinion leans toward blaming society for the criminals crimes and not the criminal. I Feel that if the series had gone on for 5-7 years instead of 2, we would have seen the locales and general feel of the show vary from season to season, with much character development. In the end assuming the shows final season was set around 1970 i think torello would have been considered a raving fascist lunatic in an asylum somewhere and ray luca would be running for office. I think crime story was as much about an important decade in American history as it was about these two men.

Nick Zbu This is easily one of the greatest shows TV has produced: Dennis Farina shines very brightly in his role here that pretty much solidified his career as a cop both in front of and behind the screen. Every fan of crime drama must go out of their way to get this set and watch it with extreme interest.There are only two things that may sink the series for some: the ending to the first season was a bit too much (the very ending would have been great if those involved actually perished; a fitting irony) and the second season's ending is a kick in the teeth the way it was presented. I won't ruin it, just watch the whole second season and then watch the finale and tell me you don't feel a tad betrayed on the tone of the final sequence. Yes, it could have worked, but it would have been great to finally ignore the cliffhanger and just go for some sort of closure.Or at the very least, try to keep it tense and serious as the rest of the series was. But besides this, this is definitely one of TV's finest moments. Perhaps Mann could give us a movie to wrap up the series properly? Dennis Farina and the rest are still living, why not?