THE classic gangster movie

Rating: 7/10 (3 September 2011)

this movie is the classic gangster movie, the one all the others imitate. it's quite entertaining and very well done, but the violence and gloominess gets on your nerves after a while. again, i'd like to say that the performance of the actors is very convincing. the movie clearly attains its objective perfectly: it shows the horror and paranoia that accompanies the life of gangsters and drug dealers. i recommend it even to the people who don't like the genre for it is very informative as well ass disturbing. the only downside is that it's pretty long...or at least it felt long :P not because it's boring but because it's quite dark and pessimistic.