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the mobster threatened to break his legs if he didn't pay up
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Out March 27 on Hulu, the film, directed by BenDavid Grabinski, follows mobster Nick (Vaughn), who travels back in time so that Future Nick and Present Nick can save fellow gangster buddy Mike (James Marsden) from being murdered.
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Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026
That’s when the son of a local mobster comes in to collect money on a debt Devora owes his father.
—Jada Yuan, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2026
The New York mobster and former head of the notorious Gambino crime family was convicted in 1992 of racketeering and murder.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2026
In the film, when mobster Marsellus Wallace sees Bruce Willis’ boxer character Butch crossing the street — after Butch defied Wallace’s orders to throw a match — Wallace chases Butch into a pawnshop.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2026
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Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026
That’s when the son of a local mobster comes in to collect money on a debt Devora owes his father.
—Jada Yuan, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2026
The New York mobster and former head of the notorious Gambino crime family was convicted in 1992 of racketeering and murder.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2026
In the film, when mobster Marsellus Wallace sees Bruce Willis’ boxer character Butch crossing the street — after Butch defied Wallace’s orders to throw a match — Wallace chases Butch into a pawnshop.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2026
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“Mobster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mobster. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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mobster
noun
mob·ster
ˈmäb-stər 
: a member of a criminal gang
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