the mobster threatened to break his legs if he didn't pay up
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In Big Mistakes, Levy and Taylor Ortega play siblings who shoplift a necklace from a jewelry store to give to their grandmother on her deathbed, only to be blackmailed by the mobsters that run the place into a series of increasingly stupid and dangerous errands.—K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 3 Apr. 2026 Industry associates whispered to Vanity Fair in 1996 about Mottola adopting shady mobster tactics in his running of Sony, demanding loyalty and allegedly keeping a gun in his briefcase.—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2026 Additionally, Tan France will return as British crime mobster Zubair alongside series regulars Asif Ali, Saagar Shaikh, Poorna Jagannathan, and Fred Armisen.—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2026 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.—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mobster