The story of Armand, the accidental turncoat semi-ex-mafia guy played by Max Casella, could easily have come from either of the crime masterpieces Winter worked on.
Casella packs a wallop in his final pair of scenes. First, in an underpass, he leaves a tearful, uncomfortably candid message for one of his sons, showing the depths of his despair.
If the remit is 'Help Stallone look tough and have a good time,' well, that's a less exciting mission to accomplish than 'chronicle the way America produces joyless sociopaths able only to hurt and steal from others until they die.'
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