Overcharged fare, spoiler

Rating: Null/10 (2 February 2000)

I didn't believe in the ending to this picture. I think it's highly unlikely that a man could murder several people with illegal guns wearing a mohican and showing such obvious signs of psychosis and then just walk away withought any punishment. It just wouldn't go down that way. He'd end up having tea with nurse Ratchett for a very long time. Scorcese is an overrated director who had a ridiculous number of films entered in 'the best films' encyclopedia in my local reference library. The only one they missed off was 'Alice doesn't live here anymore', which is the only one I like. Of course, it's about a women and not the usual macho fantasies, which I reckon is the reason why he's so unjustly popular with the critics. They'd all love to be one of those guys. Scorcese plaigarised this ending for 'King of comedy' and with incredible lack of imagination remade 'Goodfellows' in another three hour gangster film called 'Casino' with more or less the same message and ending. What a dullard he is. This film has a couple of good scenes. The scene where DeNiro asks the wizard for help in the streets is particularly gem, but if all the prints of this film mysteriously burnt overnight, it wouldn't be missed.