One of my favourites Gangster films

Rating: 10/10 (1 October 2007)

I love crime films so i really want see this one. I'm wrong or Donnie Brasco wasn't a very successful film, well at here in Mexico this film is not very know an also i could find the Region 1 DVD in a very good price, like $10. I mean, you couldn't find the Region 4 DVD because i think it doesn't exist so those films that only could find in Region 1 DVD are very expensive, like $50, so Donnie Brasco is not very famous or very commercial.
Well about the film, i love it, i really don't know what to expect but i always think that it wasn't an excellent film but i was very wrong. The story is just great, Johnny Depp is Joe Pistone an undercover FBI agent and Donnie Brasco is his character in the mission to find "Lefty"(Pacino)
The director instead of put a lot violence and stuff, he show to us more the relationship between Lefty and Brasco and that became a very special relation just like brothers. and makes you think that Brasco is not going to accuse Lefty. The film has a very memorable end and many memorable scenes like when Brasco tells to Lefty that his ring was a fugazi or when Brasco don't want to enter to the Asian restaurant is really great. Also the act is amazing, maybe the best of Pacino since his best days and Johnny Depp confirm that is one of the best actors of the last years. Whit roles of Michael Madsen, that plays Sonny, is not his best role but still is good and also whit the little role of Paul Giamatti(and the scene of "forget about it" is also one of my favorites) now famous for Sideways and The Ilusionist.
And all based on a true story that was based in Pistone's book. So i really love this film is now one of my favourites films about gangsters and
the DVDdeserves to be in my collection. 10/10