Don't let the cat fool you -- keep your eyes on Vito's lockjaw scowl. He's a man of integrity (relatively speaking) and loyalty, and his younger self (Robert De Niro) is no different. And how's this for tough? He absorbed five bullets and lived.

Even in old age, Roth has a trick or two up his sweater sleeve. He's slow to trust and quick to anger -- and when his gambling territory is threatened, he leaves his retirement condo and sets about eliminating his enemies one by one. The old man goes down swinging.