"Hoodlum" shows an interesting side of the mafia in the 1930's: The African-American side. This movie is basically about two major white gangs and one major black gang battling and dealing to try and take total control of "the lottery" one of the best income-sources in the Depression. There are a lot of gunfights and bloodshed and quite a few of the main characters die, and the plot is semi-predictable and confusing. The cops are all crooked and some gangsters even are portrayed as noble. It's not a boring movie is rather hard to sit through, with all of the different characters and stories. Still, it's worth seeing for the interesting story of the 1930's black gangsters.
