Jeremy Urquhart is a writer at Collider who focuses on the Godzilla series, the films of Martin Scorsese, and anything in the action genre.
Epic movies take their time, by definition, given how long and expansive they tend to be. But little time’s needed to explain what’s meant by an epic gangster film, because it more or less defines itself: movies that qualify as epics and gangster films at the same time.
9 'The Raid 2' Director: Gareth Evans While 2011’s The Raid might be more perfect and straightforward as a martial arts movie, 2014’s The Raid 2 expands things significantly and, for better or worse, is a lot more ambitious. It’s not even accurate to merely call it an action movie, seeing as this sequel ditches the idea of being set in one location and instead plays out over a longer period of time, and in many different locales.
7 'Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler' Director: Fritz Lang One of the oldest crime/gangster movies that can sort of be defined as such by modern standards is also one of the longest crime/gangster movies ever made: the more than 100-year-old Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler. It was an ambitious crime/thriller film that German director Fritz Lang did improve upon later in his career , but this one’s still amazing for its time.
5 'Scarface' Director: Brian De Palma Few people would call Brian De Palma a subtle filmmaker, but even by his standards, Scarface is grand, wild, and sometimes quite over-the-top, but the approach works. It was a movie that brought together a risk-taking director, a forceful lead actor , a – let’s say – passionate screenwriter , and a boundary-pushing composer .
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