Scorsese brings back the old Mafia crime movie feeling with his new movie.

Rating: 8/10 (30 November 2019)

The Irishman is a new crime biography directed by Martin Scorsese, the director of Taxi Driver and Goodfellas.
The film is about the hit man of the Mafia Frank Sheeran (Robert DeNiro) about the missing and later murder case of the American trade union leader Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino). The two were lifelong friends and the judicial authorities suspect that Frank knows more about the disappearance and death of Jimmy Hoffa. During this trial, Frank looks back at his life on all the decisions and actions that he has made in his private and criminal life.
With this film, Martin Scorsese manages to put down a mafia crime film again, just like the earlier ones were made. As he did with his older crime films such as Goodfellas and Casino. Scorsese also allows the different story lines of the film to run through and past each other in a good way. This way you get a better idea as a viewer how the characters feel or what they think about certain situations they are experiencing. Because of this good way of telling the story of the film you do not notice that the film actually lasts three and a half hours, because once you are in the story, time flies by.
Thanks to special effects, they have also succeeded in rejuvenating or aging the cast. After getting used to how the cast looks rejuvenated or outdated, it soon comes across as if you are watching an older film of the actors when they were really young. Because of the appropriate film sets and clothing of the cast, the film also looks realistic as if you went back in time with the characters.
The acting work is also done well. The cast consists of a star cast of Oscar winning actors. It's great to see this talent under the direction of Martin Scorsese. Robert DeNiro has played a good major role in this film since The Intern movie of 2015 as a mafia gangster with whom he used to become known as an actor. Since the 2015 film Danny Collins, Al Pacino has again played a good larger role in this film. This is also the first time he has been in a Scorsese film. It's nice to see these two film talents working together on a film. Actor Joe Pesci even returned from his retirement for this film, because since 2010 he has not been featured in films. Despite having been out of the film world for a long time, he still knows how to deliver good acting as a mafia boss. He is a bit quieter and quieter for this role, but he still shows that he can be a danger to his enemies.