A lot of people on the interwebs compare this with Boardwalk Empire. I can understand why (early XX century mob), but their aim is completely different. Boardwalk is extreme realism, whereas Mob City sacrifices realism for style. It's a romanticized version of a mob story, taking a lot from old classics. That being said, the story isn't really that much fleshed out, and for a supposed gray world only Nosey is gray, everyone else is either black or white. Boardwalk is compelling, Mob is entertaining.

The true story of a decades-long conflict between the Los Angeles Police Department, under the determined leadership of Police Chief William Parker, and ruthless criminal elements led by Mickey Cohen, a one-time boxer who rose to the top of L.A.’s criminal world. The series is a fast-paced crime drama set in Los Angeles during the 1940s and '50s. It's a world of glamorous movie stars, powerful studio heads, returning war heroes, a powerful and corrupt police force and an even more dangerous criminal network determined to make L.A. its West Coast base.

Anyone? Gonna watch it in the evening. Only checked the intro which is bloody fantastic.