Dreary

Rating: 6/10 (18 January 2003)

The truth of human character is struggle, fighting, and perserverence. This movie had the first two down, but as to the point of it all?
DeCaprio did a very decent job as the last remaining link of a broken New York Gang. The opening sequences, although quite purposefully over-bloody, gave me hope for the film. All i saw, however, was Scorcese trying to give pointless violence an even more pointless point. Goodfellas without the character depth. No real essence and nothing new. The movie drags on with a tacked on love story, and when we realize that the climatic riot had nothing to do with the main plot, i wonder how anything is supposed to tie in. Overly shocking with no essence.