Unforgettable. Once upon a time in America is Leone's best work.

Rating: 10/10 (25 October 2008)

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Review:
Once upon a time in America is no ordinary gangster film. It's a Sergio Leone gangster film. The complex narrative, the searing direction and the perfect acting. Never since The Godfather in 1973 has a gangster film been so brutally made, so eccentric and masterful. Leone has crafted a classic that sets the standards of time to compare with.
Ultimately America is so much more than a gangster epic. Certainly other familiar genres appear floating on it's layer- rival gangs, mass amount of money in suitcases, brutal violence and corrupt police. The more of a depth the film transcends into the more profound and exciting it appears.
The narrative is poignant and complex, such to a degree that it seems impossible to make such a film of this complexity, But Leone has hit the spot like he did in creating the all living masterpieces that were the Fistful of Dollars Trilogy.
Verdict:
Once upon a time in America is a straight foreword classic. No question. It's characters, the endless joy of the complex narrative and it's master director perform wonders.