"Donnie Brasco" this ain't, yet there ends up being more pathos to Grondin's full-throttle performance than one initially anticipates.

For better or worse, Grau has a knack for staging brutality, and for having his movie rock out to a Joy Division track or two.

The constant shifting between Italian, English and Québécois-accented French adds an extra texture, and the performances are as sharp as the suits.

Mafia Inc is a French Canadian-infused Montreal mafioso tale that has style to burn and an unexpected amount of depth to go along with the genre’s game of whack-a-mole.