A detached view of the American psyche

Rating: Null/10 (28 November 2001)

Perhaps its an American thing to glorify the violence of Scorsese's gangster films and to see totally inhuman creatures of no worth as heroes.Regardless of the actual cinematic merits of this film,no reasonable person could justify the portrayal of violence and murder displayed for our edification.The characters are tired stereotypes rehashed from the equally pointless "Goodfellas".DeNiro turns on the acting autopilot and is not worth his money.Joe Pesci is a one trick pony and really should try to broaden his portfolio a little.The rest of the cast appear to be from the rent-a-bad Italian agency.So we watch a story of a bunch of Italian American Mafia/Mob wannabes beating each other up and swearing at every opportunity due to a rubbish scriptwriter.So what? This film has nothing to say,nothing to show and nothing to exist for,except perhaps for those whose sad lives lead them into believing that bad is good and violence is the new religion. This is a disgusting film,worthy of nothing but scorn.