Movie Story : In 1945 New York, the aging patriarch of the Corleone family, Vito, survives an assassination attempt that nearly takes his life. His youngest son, Michael, a reluctant outsider to the family business, takes matters into his own hands and sets out to punish those responsible, igniting a ruthless campaign of vengeance. Spanning a decade through 1955, the story traces how this violent retaliation reshapes the fortunes of a fictional Italian-American crime dynasty.