" One of the best sequel's ever"

Rating: Null/10 (23 June 1999)

This was a fantastic film; Even though it wasn't Scorsese's "cup of tea" he did a fantastic job of bringing back Paul Newman's character of "Fast" Eddie Felson. His oscar for this roll was well over due--He should have won it for the "The Hustler" (1961)-- which was beautifully directed by Robert Rossen. After seven previous oscar nominations he finally had his day in the sun at the 1986 Academy awards. Tom Cruise threw in a solid performance as the cocky kid from Chicago-- Vincent Lauria-- as did Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as his girlfriend.-- It is a great story of a legend teaching a future legend. This movie reaches its theme of "Pool excellence is not about excellent pool,"-- " It is about being a student of human moves."-- with a great city like atmosphere and dazzling cinematography.