Plantiana Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

Evengyny Thanks for the memories!

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Kimball Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

movieman_kev Network TV trying to compete with HBO or even basic cable like FX. Miguel is the new family 'kingpin' after the previous one dies and the next in line, his son, is killed. He must run the illegal business while trying to keep his 8 year-old son out of it. The FBI are looking to shut his operations down. Meanwhile Brian Benben as a plastic surgeon entangled with the 'family' acts to much like Martin Tupper. Dranny Trejo in a bit part is one of the highlights. Anyone expecting this series that lasted 6 episodes to be a mini-series will be sadly disappointed by the lack of a real ending. And after 6 hours (with commercials, less if you are watching the DVD set) one can't help but feel somewhat ripped off. Especially when it takes a few episodes to really get going. It's not that Kingpin is necessarily bad, just that it's not really all the memorable. The Producer's cut on DVD is peppered with some nudity and cussing.My Grade: C-

tdepp-2 I watched nearly all of Kingpin and found it OK. Not great, not terrible, just OK. Comparing anything on TV to The Sopranos is like comparing my daughter's 7th grade themes to John Steinbeck or E.B. White. Migi and Marelene could be interesting character ala Tony and Carmela. There is built in tension with their Mexican and American ethnicity, their lust for power but desire to be "respectable," etc. But these character lack the depth and humanity that the bad guys (and girls) have on The Sopranos. Paulie Walnuts on The Sopranos is a thug but an interesting and funny sort of thug who has mother issues. Chato Cadena is just a thug. That, in my opinion, is the biggest difference in the shows.

rhe1235 This mini movie was riveting, I have never watched a mini movie that went on longer than one day, and i have watched every episode! Kingpin has kept my interest from beginging to end. I wish you guys would make this show into a series, I would watch every second of it.

Mel Russell I don't normally watch regular TV. Most of it, to me is boring and mundane. Besides, between digital cable, VHS and DVD rental possibilities and regular movies in theaters, why waste time with stuff full of advertisements and, for the most part, dumbed down? But as a fan of the Sopranos,I thought I would look at a ripoff of that show, for at least one episode. I wasn't sure then if I liked it, but watched the next couple of episodes, and by then I was hooked. It may be like the Sopranos in that it is about a modern crime family, but except for that is quite different.Kingpin is well written, well acted, and unlike most movies or series, actually causes you to think about it after you've watched it. I certainly hope NBC picks it up as a regular series.