Get Shorty (1995)

The Mafia and the thugs associated with this venerable tradesman’s organization have long suffered from malicious typecasting as nefarious television and film characters and in prejudicial journalistic depictions. Get Shorty (1995) stands tall among the offerings of Hollywood as a film that finally dares to present a Mob-connected debt collector (think of him as the teeth of the loan-shark) as a cuddly and charismatic savior of the day. Director Barry Sonnenfeld, an acclaimed comedic social satirist, drops a Miami enforcer into the movie-land piranha pool of producers, agents, and stars and proves that a violent sociopath with style can be a big fish no matter where he splashes down.