More garbage From Sergio Leone

Rating: 2/10 (1 November 2009)

Sergio Leone's films are all miserably, awkward attempts by a sick, childlike individual. This film is no exception. Unlike true classics like The Godfather I and II, Goodfellas, and Scarface; Once Upon a Time in America is incredibly inept. Like the director (what's his name?) who was responsible for The Deer Hunter and Heaven's Gate, Leone is terribly inept, and it shows. Scenes such as the woman who begs to be raped, the switching of babies in the maternity ward, and the pulling out of penises so a woman can identify the rapist are sick. The scene where the extremely fat prostitute kisses Noodles is sick. The scene where Noodle deliberately drives off a pier is inexplicably stupid. The scene where they shoot up a car when the mobsters inside are obviously already dead is very strange.
Stupid and sick. That sums up Sergio Leone. Implausible garbage.