great one, really love it :)

Rating: 9/10 (15 May 2012)

"Donnie Brasco" is a real story, in which an undercover FBI agent infiltrates the mob and becomes a double-agent. The film director is Mike Newell and the two main stars who made it look original are Johnny Depp, as Donnie Brasco or the cop Joe Pistone, and Al Pacino playing the role of Lefty, the mobster who befriends Donnie.
The action takes us deep into New York City in the 1970's, where the FBI agent Joe Pistone infiltrates a well-known mafia gang. He meets Lefty, a 'made' Mafioso, and and in time gets along really well with him. He gradually becomes more involved with his new mafia friends and starts behaving like one of them. This eventually makes his wife file for divorce. When he stops reporting daily as instructed, his superiors decide to pull him out and with enough evidence.
The storyline is intense and the performances of Depp and Pacino make the film special. I am fascinated by mob life and the way things were back then and this movie depicts the life of the gang in great detail. Also, the evolution of Joe Piston throughout his mission is very astonishing.
It is well worth seeing and I truly recommend it especially to those who wish to find out more on crime life, some decades ago, in America.