well acted, well told story by the Master

Rating: 8/10 (27 December 2013)

Scorsesse's films, when they're done right (and they usually are) grab you within 1 minute! That's certainly what happens here.
We meet a diverse handful of characters in their younger years and we know that we'll follow them throughout their careers and that no matter how different divergent their paths are, that they will intersect...
...and that they'll intersect in an explosive way.
Double crossing, double identity, you name it, it's all here. And then there's Jack. I was hesitant at first about seeing a movie like this with him as the heavy....wondering if he had it in him to make this guy different than the other heavy's he's played.
He does. Jack as Costello looms over every scene. His presence is that strong. There are some people who get destroyed, some who flourish, some fairly, some unfairly...
But it's a hell of an entertaining ride.