Robert De Niro has made a career playing in Mob and Mafia films (CASINO, GOODFELLAS, THE UNTOUCHABLES) , but now he’s grown older. In the opening voice-over of the trailer below, De Niro points out a question that sums up THE FAMILY in a very succinct way. “What happens when it’s all over?”
De Niro plays Giovanni Manzoni, a former Mafia man who rats on his former friends and is placed into Witness Protection in France. The family is given a new name (The Blakes) and find themselves having a hard time trying to let go of their old ways of bribery, intimidation, savagery and even murder. Their inability to keep a low-profile blows their cover and they are soon hunted by the very people they turned on.
This looks like a natural progression of some of the roles the De Niro has played in his lifetime and while there appears to be humor involved, it doesn’t look like they are going the full on comedy route of ANALYZE THIS / ANALYZE THAT.
So check out the trailer below and let us know what you think in the comments.
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THE FAMILY is directed by Luc Besson and stars Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Tommy Lee Jones, Dianna Agron and John D’Leo.
SYNOPSIS: In this darkly comedic action film from Luc Besson (“Taken,” “Transporter”), “The Family” is the story of the Manzonis, a notorious mafia family who gets relocated to Normandy, France under the witness protection program. While they do their best to fit in, old habits die hard and they soon find themselves handling things the “family” way.
THE FAMILY is set to hit theaters on September 20, 2013.
Jim is an avid movie enthusiast, representing the general movie going audience, looking at movies for their entertainment value as opposed to their critical weight. He enjoys the escapism that movies provide. He is a fan of all genre's of movies, but gravitates toward comic-based movies, summer "popcorn" flicks and over-the-top comedies as his preference. 
