An Honest Review

Rating: 4/10 (27 November 2016)

I don't understand the fascination behind his movie.
I mean, OK, he has a lot of drugs, he has a lot of women, he has a lot of money, and he has a lot of guns.
I can understand where those elements would appear to the "gangsta" crowd...but even then there are movies that aren't as boring.
And it is a remake to boot. Al Pacino playing Tony Montana who is supposed to be Al Capone only now he's Cuban instead of Italian and he does coke instead of booze and he's an immigrant instead of a New Yorker and he's in Florida instead of Chicago and dies instead of going to jail on tax evasion.
I can see how it all works for an update, but "The Untouchables" didn't need an update to be good. In fact it was a better movie.
Because, really, when you break down the movie to what it really is, the only thing, the only word that comes to mind is "boring." It is long and dull and this is despite the face that under most circumstances both Pacino and De Palma are generally the furthest thing from dull.
Ultimately, it needs to be streamlined. As it is, it is one long elaboration and a shoot out at the end with only a couple really developed characters.
All involved could do better.