A great early film from Scorsese

Rating: 8/10 (15 January 2007)

Scorsese's 80s film about an oldtime pool player (Newman) who helps train a new youngster (Cruise) but later decides that he may have one more run left in him. The film is done well by Scorsese, but does not measure up to his best work, though its still better than most films out there, and probably did a lot to influence the recent Shooting Gallery, which was a pretty good film about pool as well, though a young Tom cruise played the role of the hotshot pool player much better than Freddie Prinze Jr. Anyhow, back to this film, Scorsese's dark style suited it well and Newman's performance is vintage. a definite must-see for a fan of scorsese, cruise, newman or pool. --- IMDb Rating: 6.7, my rating: 9/10