A landmark in 80's films

Rating: 9/10 (2 July 2005)

I admit I was never all that interesting in seeing this picture as I was not a fan of the Bronx Bull but I knew it was a masterpiece so I gave it a whirl one night. This film is different from most 80's movies in that it is black and white which is certainly remarkable and quite possibly most ingenious. DeNiro is great, Pesci is great and the movie therefore is great. DeNiro got an Oscar and Pesci should have got an Oscar. I would say the most fascinating thing about Jake LaMotta besides the fact he was one of the greatest boxers of all time is that he was friends with and personally knew several members of Nino Gaggi's uncontrollable DeMeo Street Crew of the Gambino Crime Family featured in the best selling book Murder Machine by Jerry Capeci and Gene Mustain. A great book maybe the best one on Organized Crime ever written. This movie does need to be seen it is powerful.