Brilliant

Rating: 9/10 (12 May 2009)

Fantastic movie. The story was solid, actors nailed their parts and the development was entertaining.
This is basically a Irish Mafia Vs Cops movie. What is not to like. As with most of Scorsese's movies the storyline is bulletproof. I am really enjoying seeing DeCaprio turn in to a serious actor. He is doing all he can to shake the Titanic image. The real surprise for me was Mark Wahlberg he just turned on the Mass' accent and attitude and in my opinion out-shined everyone including the 3 lead actors.
The only negative of this movie is it runs a little too long. But still well worth watching again.
I was happy to see Scorsese win for best Director it has been a long time coming. He could have easily won for a number of his previous movies like Aviator, Gangs of New York, Casino and one of my all time favorites Goodfellas.
This movie is worth buying.