Wasn't that great

Rating: 5/10 (11 April 2004)

Maybe it was the bizzare cross of De Niro, 30s era gangsters, and a butcherd Beatles tune that made this movie too off-center for me. Sergio Leone made great westerns, but I just don't think his style transferred too well to this medium. It lacked the gritty extreme realism of Lenone's westerns, but it also lacked the contemporary realism of a ganster movie. He made the American west mythic, but the American gangster dull. I love the director and cast but it just didn't work for me! I will try watching it again ... but I doubt it will help. Watch Once Upon A Time In The West if you ask me.