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Al Neri is still the best and coolest "Right Hand Man/Enforcer from any Movie/TV Series
Posted on 6/19/21 at 11:27 am
Posted on 6/19/21 at 11:27 am
Who else you'd add to the list?
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Posted on 6/19/21 at 11:52 am to Tarik One
he was good at his job, in real life he got hit by a bus
in the books he did this one as well
in the books he did this one as well
Posted on 6/19/21 at 12:06 pm to Tarik One
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Al Neri
He doesn't say a word in the first Godfather which
I think effectively portrays him as a stone cold killer.
In the novel his backstory is kind of interesting. He was an ex-cop who was known to walk around with a flashlight to knock over the heads of young Italian youths that got involved in gangs, to try to save them before they went too far astray.
Instead of writing parking tickets to illegally parked vehicles that were never payed anyway, he would use the flashlight to bust out their windshields.
He was eventually kicked off the force for killing a drug dealing pimp with said flashlight.
Richard Bright, the actor who played the part, was tragically killed on the streets of Manhattan after being hit by a tour bus.
Posted on 6/19/21 at 1:20 pm to Tarik One
Tom Regan
Posted on 6/19/21 at 1:24 pm to TigerintheNO
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Al Neri had nothing to do with this, he was Michael's guy and Michael was still a civilian at this point
This post was edited on 6/19/21 at 1:26 pm
Posted on 6/19/21 at 1:43 pm to H-Town Tiger
Al Neri was a former police officer who was in jail for manslaughter. Tom got him out of jail and put under Clemenza, he was viewed as a replacement for Luci. Yes he did become Michael's man.
Posted on 6/19/21 at 11:27 pm to Tarik One
In Godfather II, you could tell he didn’t want to kill Fredo.
Posted on 6/20/21 at 9:22 am to TigerintheNO
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TigerintheNO
Neri didn't do the horse head, that was Brasi. The book goes into great detail about how Michael got him in the life and made him loyal to him (paralleling how Vito did the same to Brasi). Neri was an ex NYPD cop so technically he wasn't supposed to be involved but his wife left him or something and he lost it and beat a pimp to death that did something to some young girl IIRC. The book eluded that he never needed a gun on the job, just his flashlight lol.
But to the topic, right hand man in movies/film, I think you gotta put Chris from the Wire, and Silvio from the Sopranos. This is actually a lot more difficult than I thought.
Posted on 6/20/21 at 7:37 pm to Tarik One
Mike from Breaking Bad definitely needs to be on the list. He might not be the coolest, but he is exceptionally capable.
Posted on 6/20/21 at 7:48 pm to Tarik One
Johnny Ringo could have been - he knew Latin, after all - but he was just too high-strung.
Posted on 6/20/21 at 9:52 pm to SoFla Tideroller
Posted on 6/20/21 at 11:28 pm to BorrisMart
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Michael got him in the life and made him loyal to him (paralleling how Vito did the same to Brasi).
I think Neri's loyalty to Michael is pretty unquestioned but the bigger question is who helped Fredo the night of the attempted hit on Michael?
Somebody had to leave the drapes open in the bedroom and kill the two gunman.More than likely it was Rocco...who later "volunteered" for the suicide mission to kill Hyman Roth.
Posted on 6/21/21 at 11:52 am to Tarik One
Doc Holliday.
Posted on 6/21/21 at 12:03 pm to Tarik One
quote:Paramount made two version of Hammett's novel The Glass Key, in '35 and '42. I prefer the earlier version -- you can make a case for it being the first American film noir -- but it's not easy to see; the remake shows up on TCM occasionally.
Right Hand Man/Enforcer
The story is interesting b/c a henchman/enforcer is in fact the main character.
Posted on 6/21/21 at 3:25 pm to Tarik One
Richard Harrow?
Posted on 6/21/21 at 3:56 pm to Tarik One
Posted on 6/21/21 at 4:47 pm to RD Dawg
Wasn’t Rocco head of security too? And he was told by Michael that the assassins were to be taken alive.
Posted on 6/21/21 at 5:10 pm to Tarik One
Posted on 6/21/21 at 5:50 pm to CaptainsWafer
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And he was told by Michael that the assassins were to be taken alive
Michael also told Tom they wouldn't catch them alive, that they were dead already.
the bodies were found outside Fredo's i figured Johnny Ola or another guy killed them and took off
Posted on 6/21/21 at 6:30 pm to Tarik One
Slim Charles breaking down American foreign policy
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