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The Mafia (Arabic for "refuge"), also called la cosa nostra ("our thing"), began as a clandestine partisan band in 9 th century Sicily , combating a series of foreign invasions.
Critics give three reasons: 1) A buddy pairing of unusual moral complexity between an undercover agent (Johnny Depp) and his Mafia mentor (Al Pacino).
The only film released on Labor Day weekend, the latest Jean-Claude Van Damme vehicle is trashed for its preposterous plot: The Russian mafia has put miniature bombs in the buttons of jeans in order to blackmail the world.
However, the Mafia's other activities have radically changed.
2) The government cleaned up the unions . As late as 1986, the Justice Department found that the Mafia controlled the International Longshoremen's Association, the Hotel and Restaurant Employees union, the Teamsters union, and the Laborers' International Union.