The Corleone Empire

Rating: 9/10 (10 July 2002)

This is without a doubt, a masterpiece in film-making. Once again, just like the original,the acting and cinematograpy is just incredible. Unlike the original though, this did become a bit boring during the Nevada /Hyman Roth section, although the dialogue and acting was second to none, it did have me yawn for a bit. The epilouge is excellent though with the court-case and final cold-blooded end for the weak willed Freddo. DeNiro is magic here as the young Vito and thoroughly deserved his best supporting actor award, it was a difficult task to fill the enormous shoes of Brando's left behind from his unforegettable performance as the Don in the original but the young DeNiro was fantastic. In my opinion, Robert may have been a better Michael than Pacino. But it was still perfect casting the way it was. A strong 8/10