Seriously? *CONTAINS SPOILERS*

Rating: 4/10 (7 March 2008)

This has to be one of the most overrated films of all time. What cheap commercialized ethnic pandering. Anyone can figure out exactly what is going to happen up until the end, when they have to invoke the oh so popular deus ex machina. Whatever happened to a good script with credible dramatic irony and foreshadowing not pulled completely out of its own ass? And good directing? The man has done the same movie for 40 years! If he can't do better than this then he needs to retire to one of his 26 mansions located in the city limits of New York/Boston/L.A. You want the formula for a "great Hollywood movie?" It's quite apparent: 1. Target an audience with a great sense of ethnic pride centered around a profession and exploit them. 2. Hire a washed-up director with a good reputation. 3. Add a twist at the end, even if it doesn't fit at all with the film. 4. Add a love interest that has nothing to do with the plot even if you build it up for it. 5. Make sure Leo dies at the end, it works every time. Even if he's not in the film, just throw him in at the end with a random knife wound or something.