Definitely could've been better

Rating: 7/10 (21 May 2015)

I thought the movie was absolutely great until the final few moments. In the lead up to those final moments De Niro's character is moments away from freedom. And then he quite inexplicably botches it up by going after one of his former gang members who's betrayed him. This to me was a fatal flaw in the film and I thought (This one's for the writers) De Niro should've escaped with the booty, never to be seen again.
The rest of the movie is just astonishingly amazing with Al Pacino playing a cop in a strenuous marriage. All the actors do a great job and justice to their characters. The camera work in the robbery scenes is just brilliant and words aren't sufficient to praise the director and the script.
Just those final few moments.... Why oh why!!!!