Over-rated gangster movie.

Rating: 5/10 (12 February 2001)

Generally over-rated from my perspective. There is much gratuitous violence that does little to propel the story. The story itself leaves me wondering why I should care about these people. After such a dramatic ending, I would like to feel something about what happens to these characters. I didn't see many dimensions to the main characters. They were tough, they were bad, they were amoral, but there was little understanding of why they got that way, or what might have made a difference in their characters. What was the point of the film? "Crime doesn't pay"? There are some good performances, but the movie seems longer than necessary than it needs to be considering there is no point to take away from it.