just a few minutes too long.....

Rating: 7/10 (25 July 2001)

This was an absolutely great movie, until the end. I am tired of some people saying that the ending doesn't matter, because in this film, it kills the whole movie. We had the potential for one of the best, and most effective final images at the end of a movie. That would be Robert DeNiro pointing his bloody finger at his head like a gun, after his brutal shoot out. Then they camera follows a track to police cars and they should fade out. We would have a had a dark, brutal film with an anti-hero. Then it goes on for a few more minutes, and Robert DeNiro has friends and is a hero to everyone. It changes the whole tone of the movie, and I feel that Scorcese copped out at the end and softened up the movie. It went from a masterpiece, to a decent movie. I am just disappointed by how he decided to end it. It ruined everything. Thats why this is only a 7 instead of a 10.