An intense epic of loyalty and the cost of betrayal.

Rating: 10/10 (13 October 2000)

Based on the old style Sicilian mafia, Francis Ford Coppola directs Mario Puzo's novel "The Godfather" into the dramatic tale of Sicilian Godfather Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando). Coppola and Puzo convey the importance of loyalty to the family, the cost of betrayal, and ever-present power of organized crime rings.