Scorsese's Most Underrated Film

Rating: 8/10 (27 December 2019)

The Color of Money is the one film from director Martin Scorsese that no one talks about and/or no one remembers. I truly believe it is a forgotten film that turns out to be pretty good.
The Color of Money is about a former pool hustler, Eddie (Paul Newman) that meets a very talented pool hustler, Vincent (Tom Cruise) and proposes a partnership. Eddie then teaches Vincent all the ways of scamming in pool, and Vincent becomes frustrated with him and leaves him. Eddie then becomes Vincent's opponent, and Vincent must do everything in his power to show how it's done in the pool hall.
The Color of Money is simply solid. It had a magnificent story. When I first heard about this film, I was instantly interested because I do like to play pool. So this film is for people that enjoy playing it and/or are into it.
The pacing was really good for it's run time, and did not slow down whatsoever.
The acting was great. Paul Newman and Tom Cruise did a great job. There chemistry is off and on as they argue quite a bit, but not to the point where they are unlikable. Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio is also in this and does a great job at being the woman that forms a love triangle between her, Newman and Cruise's character.
One last thing is this film is a sequel to a film called "The Hustler", which also stars Paul Newman as his character of Eddie. I have not seen that film, but I would like to because after watching this film, it makes me think that that film could be as great as this film.
The bottom line is The Color of Money is a film I think should be more recognizable and is a pretty underrated flick.