EXCELLENT movie but it's a bit too long and it can't match Goodfellas!

Rating: 9/10 (27 December 2004)

EXCELLENT movie but it's a bit too long and it can't match good fellas. The story for the most part is very engrossing and it had 3 great main leads and they were all a lot of fun to watch. But this does tend to drag at times and it's a bit long in the tooth, however it's still an excellent movie, with great characters and lots of harsh violence. The direction is AWESOME and very stylish with some very cool camera work, Martin Scorsese is one of the best of all time as far as i am concerned. There is TONS of bloody violence. We get vicious bloody stabbings in the neck with a pen , bloody hammer hit to the hand Lot's harsh bloody beatings, bloody gunshot wounds, 4 graphic bloody gunshot wounds to the head with blood and brains splattering, slit throat more bloody beatings and some EXTREMELY bloody beatings with a baseball bat. The acting is almost Oscar worthy. Robert Deniro gives an EXTREMELY good performance here he had a lot of powerful scenes with Sharon Stone and he was quite marvelous. Sharon Stone is just as good she gives a dynamic performance and is STUNNINGLY GORGEOUS to boot, although she actually freaked me out when she went all crazy. Joe Pesci basically plays the same character he did in Goodfellas and did another Marvelous job!. James Woods is always great here is no different but he was kinda wasted. Overall a MUST see just don't expect another Goodfellas! ****1/2 out of 5