How I Became a Gangster

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How I Became a Gangster

TV-MA

2019

2h 20m

Crime

Drama

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An ambitious gangster works his way up the ranks of Warsaw's criminal underworld and ultimately takes his shot at the big time.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

There's something dire about these joyless, inanimate cliches.

Rated: 1/5

Jan 30, 2020

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Archi Sengupta

LeisureByte.com

How I Became a Gangster is neither good nor memorable and you never feel any sort of attachment to anyone over its 140-minutes runtime.

Rated: 1.5/5

Jul 9, 2024

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Brian Costello

Common Sense Media

If you can tune out all the other gangster movies that existed before this one and let it stand on its own, it's enjoyable on its own terms.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 11, 2023

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Lori C.

Ready Steady Cut

While How I Became a Gangster is full of tired tropes and misogyny and adds little value to the genre as a whole, it’s still a rather entertaining piece.

Rated: 2.5/5

Jan 4, 2023

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This is a romanticized movie about gangster life. The hero gangster is really a good guy who commits crimes where no innocent people are hurt, killed or ruined. He only kills enemy gangsters, is loyal to his friends and lives by a code of honor. You will get tips and lessons on how to be an organized criminal with a heart of gold.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

07/15/24

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Sumayya H

I loved this. It had a great sound track and I enjoyed the whole style of it having a narrator. It reminded me of Quentin Tarantino films, I recommend it. It's quite long, but it kept me hooked all the way through. I've never watched anything in Polish before but it was fine with the subtitles.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/30/23

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Ian R

Great crime film. As gritty as any English mob movie. Really well cast and enough unexpected plot twists to keep the viewer interested. Best film I've seen in ages.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

09/01/23

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T T

This is the fourth Polish movie that I have watched in the last few months and I have to say that I am very impressed. The movies I have watched have all been of different genres and they have all been high quality like this movie. This movie was very entertaining. It had a good storyline and solid plot. The acting was good. Well done.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/15/23

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Joshua F

I enjoyed the movie. It's in english, but it's obviously native in another language. If you enjoy these genre of movies, then just understand going into it that it's telling a story. Its not constant action and it has a plot.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/05/23

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Audience Member

It was entertaining. Even my wife enjoyed it

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Maciej Kawulski

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Marcin Kowalczyk

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Tomasz Włosok

'Walden'

Natalia Szroeder

Magda

Natalia Siwiec

Wiola

Jan Frycz

Daniel

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Synopsis

An ambitious gangster works his way up the ranks of Warsaw's criminal underworld and ultimately takes his shot at the big time.

Director: Maciej Kawulski
Producer: Maciej Kawulski, Tomasz Wardyn
Screenwriter: Krzysztof Gureczny
Production Co: Telewizja Polsat, Cyfrowy Polsat, Open Mind Production, Moderator Inwestycje, Next Film, Polkomtel
Rating: TV-MA (Language|Nudity|Sex|Sexual Violence|Smoking|Substances)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: Polish
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 4, 2023
Runtime: 2h 20m

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