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The friction between two (or more) rival crime factions has broken out and exploded into all out warfare. This can happen between two groups of the same type/nationality (for example two [[The Mafia|Mafia]] families going at it) or between multiple nationalities. (I.e. [[The Mafiya]] taking on a [[Yakuza]] group). Two groups of [[Gang
This may be portrayed as a organized crime version of [[Feuding Families]], and as with many portrayals of [[Feuding Families]] [[Evil Versus Evil|both sides are evil]].
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* B-movie ''Hollow Point'' featured a Syndicate with [[The Mafia|Italian]], [[The Mafiya|Russian]] and [[The Triads and The Tongs|Chinese]] wings that all distrusted each other and, after being pushed by the protagonists, collapsed into fighting each other.
* There are many yakuza movies dealing with [[Mob War]], some outstanding ones are Kinji Fukasaku's ''Yakuza Graveyard'' and the ''Battles Without Honor Or Humanity'' series and Takeshi Kitano's ''Sonatine''.
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** And the remake ''[[Last Man Standing (Film)|Last Man Standing]]'' does this again, except with Italian and Irish mobs replacing them.
*** And the film which both of them are remakes of, [[Akira Kurosawa|Akira Kurosawa's]] ''[[Yojimbo]]'', did it in Japan.
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== [[Music]] ==
* Gang wars are a [[Damn, It Feels Good to Be A Gangster!|common theme of hip-hop]], and some think the massive Bloods-Crips war for Southern California may have led to the murders of Notorious B.I.G. and [[Tupac Shakur]].
* [[Michael Jackson]]'s "Beat It" music video.
** Hilariously parioded in [[Weird Al Yankovic]]'s video for his "Beat It" parody, "Eat It".
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