John Travolta mob film gets whacked by critics

John Travolta's troubled biopic of New York crime boss John Gotti has finally reached cinemas, and the critics have only one thing to say: fuhgeddaboudit, BBC News reports.

One reviewer called it the "worst mob movie of all time", while another said it was "a dismal mess".

The reviews are thought to be so damning that Gotti has achieved the rare distinction of getting a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Two previous Travolta films - Staying Alive and Look Who's Talking Now - are among those to have the same score.

Stacy Keach and Travolta's wife, Kelly Preston, also have roles in Gotti, which has yet to have a UK release date.

Numerous other actors, among them Al Pacino, Joe Pesci and Lindsay Lohan, were also attached to the film during its seven-year gestation.

Directed by former Entourage star Kevin Connolly, the film charts John Gotti's rise from mob enforcer to head of the Gambino crime family.

Known as both "The Dapper Don" and "The Teflon Don", Gotti was eventually convicted of murder and extortion and died in prison in 2002.