a great film

Rating: 9/10 (19 September 2006)

You know i am just reading a lot of people saying bad things about this movie like; overly long, typical Scorcesse ,nickey in casino is just like Tommy in Goodfellas etc etc, and thats okay everyone is entitled to their opinion about that movie. But i just think this a classic , truthful tale of power and greed and i don't think it is like Goodfellas, despite what people think. Every movie with gangsters in it will have the same kind of characters because that is the characters the mob is filled with, smart ones, raging bulls, good earners etc. There is a Nickey character in every mob, a hard raging machine that you just don't mess with because he will fly off the handle, their is someone like his boss Remo who seems calm and cool but was the most important man in the mob and he just needs to push a button and thats it lights out, then there are good earners like Ace who may not be Italian and cant be made, but they are around because they are useful and smart and great at making money for them. So you see these characters are not just good for the movie they are real life characters and the Director Scorcesse is brilliant at portraying them. Excellent film.