Cheesy - PERIOD.

Rating: 6/10 (22 January 2008)

I love how people try to defend this film. The problem is, they can't come up with any valid arguments for it. What this ends up being is a flimsy melodrama with nothing to say. Yes, Al Pacino delivers an incredible performance - but a great performance can't save a bad script. The only redeeming character in the piece is Tony's mother, but she barely has any screen time. The production values are high because it's a studio product. The relationships are never developed to any significant degree, and most of the lead characters simply fall in line with the life of crime and excess. I haven't seen the original, so I can only criticize on its own.