And so the decline continues

Rating: 6/10 (10 October 2006)

A new Scorcese picture and everyone is thrilled. However, the emperor has no clothes. The parallels with the great Walter Hill are uncanny. Hill's first half dozen movies were sharp, bare pictures with crackling dialogue but he somehow got lost along the way. Turning out rubbish like Brewster's Millions before returning to the well and churning out garbage like Another 48 Hours or attempting to reprise his finest hours with rubbish like Johhny Handsome and Last Man Standing. So it is with Scorcese, who after early success has turned out consistent sub-standard fare like The Departed or the execrable Gangs of New York. Possibly the reason you haven't won the Oscar Marty, is because you haven't made a decent movie since Goodfellas. Go the way of Walter and become a Producer. Leave the film-making to those who show a bit of originality.