like watchin willlie's catch

Rating: 10/10 (12 July 2001)

Baseball and Film are among my passions. The soul craves seeing something done well. Even people who know nothing about baseball can look at Willie Mays catch in the 53 (not sure of the year) World Series and see that it is executed with perfection.
Every sence in this Movie has a kind of Mauysian Catch quality. In the first sence, we see a man sitting at a dek with a most grandfatherly deamonor petting a pussy cat. I first thought this was a deliberate attempt to make a statement he is so gentle yet a cold blooderd mobster. Legend has it however, that the cat came onto the set by accident and Brando (with the reflex of a Willie Mays) knew just what to do.

When Tom is kidnapped he is told "If I wanted to kill you'd be dead alreardy" we are reminded that murder is a natural as breathing.
From the time the undertaker begs for justice until the time Kay sees Micheal for a ruthless killer we see acting as good as the Sey Hey Kid could catch. To maintain this quality for a few sences is an achievement. To maintain it in every sence for well over two hours is an offer no one should refuse.