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When the Mafia snatches her anyway, his PTSD returns and launches him on a dark path to vengeance.—K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 24 Apr. 2026 Longtime collaborators Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro reunited for this 2019 gangster epic, about the real-life hitman Frank Sheeran and his experiences working for the Mafia.—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Apr. 2026 But in terms of passion, devotion, organization, loyalty, national presence and a blue-collar ethos, Broncos Country and the Mafia are cousins cut from the same AFL cloth.—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 7 Apr. 2026 Executioner was a pulpy book series that told the muscular and bullet-filled adventures of Mack Bolan, a sniper turned one man army fighting against the Mafia, the KGB, terrorists and cyber-criminals, or whoever were the bad guys of his latest book’s era.—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 24 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for the Mafia