Nothing comes close

Rating: 10/10 (20 December 2019)

Powerful, emotional, gripping and horrifying. A modern Greek tragedy. Scorsese's adaptation of La Motta's rollercoaster of a life shows a mans capacity to self destruct when he has no control over his anger and selfishness, leading him to lose the people he loves and relies on. La Motta's fights in the ring symbolize the fights he's facing in his own mind everyday. The ring is his judgement and showcases his true feeling, sometimes showing pure ferocity and aggression to his opponent and beating him until he is unrecognizable, and other times being on the ropes being the one taking the beating, but never letting himself go down, showing his stubbornness and disregard for his actions. De Niro's tour de force performance as the troubled man is by far his greatest, and Scorsese's incredible storytelling is at its best here. This is a film that will rock you to your core, and change the way you see consequences in your life and that of others.