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At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

This is a great movie that started Joe Pesci's career. Without The Death Collector (Family Enforcer), Pesci would not have been the academy award winning actor he is today. Originally Pesci was going to play the supporting role it was originally to be played by Pesci's childhood friend and De Vito's brother-in-law, who would been a fine actor in The Death Collector however it was not to be because fortunately for Pesci his friend moved to Florida with his family and in a need of good actor De Vito cast Pesci in the supporting role as Joe. This in turn lead Robert De Niro and Martian Scorsese discovering the young Pesci and his talents in acting, which lead him to be cast in Raging Bull, then Goodfellas, Home Alone and many more. So if Pesci had not been cast in The Death Collector then he could not be playing 36 holes of golf a day and the 1980's and 1990's might have been very, very different.

So ya think you've seen every Mafia movie ever made! Here's one that nobody every heard of. It's a low-budget, quickie B-movie - shot in the swamps of Jersey. For us mob-movie fans, it had a little bit of everything - sex, violence, cursing, and wise guys acting like "gafones". While violence dominated the movie, I found myself laughing at some familiar scenes I've since seen on The Sopranos and Goodfellas. Look for a 1977 version of the "Badabing Girls" in the beginning of the movie. All our favorite mobster stereotypes were featured here. And, as for realism, "fugettaboutit"! Joe Pesci was superb, portraying the classic wise-guy character like we seen him do so many times over the years. This was probably his first shot, and it was a gem. Pesci fans should run to the video store to check out this flick. You have to look carefully for it since it goes by different names. My copy called it "The Family Enforcer". Here it is known as "The Death Collector". But whatever name it goes under, it's should be called - A Winner.

This is not the best movie in the world, however, it does come in handy when one is looking for a way to waste time. For a cheesy 70s lowbudget mafia flick, it covers all the bases it needs to and nothing more. It doesn't need to. The best way to view it is to not expect much. This way you will be surprised at how decent a film this really is. The plot is simple. The guy becomes an enforcer for the mob, crosses his boss and his boss comes after him. The acting isn't great but it's far from terrible and the action sequences, while sometimes laughable, are really not too shabby. I would love to get more films like this. They are just very hard to find. Lowbudget cheese doesn't always make for a bad film.

*** Warning: contains plot info and major spoilers!!! ***Just saw this on DVD last night (from a mafia movie compilation) and it wasn't too shabby. I was hoping that the sound and picture would be enhanced but it wasn't, the film was grainy but I enjoy that. Overall, a good picture although some of the acting was poor. Then again, you don't really watch this type of film for the acting. The plot is simple and to the point: a guy wants to earn some money making collections for a local hood. He's supposedly one of the best but things just don't pan out too well for him. *** MAJOR SPOILER *** I felt bad for the guy getting whacked at the end. While he did screw things up, it wasn't all his fault. He made every effort to make things right but his boss basically kept his hands tied. Joseph Cortese played an excellent lead role in this film. Joe Pesci's role is a nice bonus to the film although his character is not as 3 dimensional as viewer's would like it to be. This is an excellent film for its time and holds a vital place in the anthologies of mob flicks. While the film looks old and cheesy in places (like watching Starsky & Hutch reruns), the violence is right in your face and some of the dialogue is perfect. The ending is very predictable but still entertaining. Any fan of mob movies will NOT be disappointed.