You Can't Go Back

Rating: 7/10 (1 December 2019)

I went into this expecting a high energy conclusion to the Good Fellas/ Casino era..a kind of trilogy to the mob influence on American culture. While the movie did attempt to deliver on this the conclusion was a kind of geriatric ward for once robust acting giants. I was most excited to see the return of Joe Pesci and all we got was a husk of a performance. He seemed half asleep and frankly it felt like he didn't want to be with here. DeNiro just bounced from scene to scene making faces and kind of got through it adequately. Harvey Keitel was hardly in it.
The one saving grace was Al Pacino. He ran away with every scene he was in. He didn't just coast on a once relevant reputation. One of his best performances in years.
Scorsese's direction seemed a little off..overbloated script with sudden bursts of violence that weren't very memorable. Not a bad movie but not a great one either. Too bad cause this is probably the last time we'll see these iconic actors together on film.