Overrated...

Rating: Null/10 (7 September 2003)

Scorsese is technically brilliant but emotionally challenged. He also has an unfortunate fascination with violence.
The acting was great, the cinematography was wonderful, the sound (and music) was impeccable. Unfortunately there is no point. Nothing resolves. We have no more insight at the end of this tedious film than we do at the beginning.
Why is Jake such a loser? Don't know... Why does he have such a need to destroy everything around him? Don't know... Why do people continue to want to be with him? Don't know...
I don't ask for much, but I do want more than a description of a despicable character and his steady spiral into destruction.
Just a bit more...