THE OVERBLOWN

Rating: 6/10 (28 November 2019)

I like movies with this theme. Crime, mafia, illusions of power, gang-wars and the lessons learned when reviewing this life-style. It entertains because the vast majority of people at large do not actually act like this or do the things as depicted and the rest of society is drawn into seeing it rather than ever doing it. The Godfather broke some good ground as did Goodfellas, Casino and Kill the Irishman and some of the oldies prior like Al Capone with Rod Steiger, The Untouchables and even the Black Hand or Pay or Die with so many others too. They all follow the same theme of bad guys getting away with what they do, the rise and fall of power, what that money, fame and power buys and how those that live this life all end up i.e. dead. Now saying all that, the hype with this film was/is the stars who have established themselves with the Director and with that a marketing blitz took-off. As presented, who can find fault? What remained is to watch the movie and be entertained. However, seeing old actors trying to capture past successes only goes so far and Scorsese did not break any new ground here either. What we have is seeing the same old Pacino, Pepsi and De Niro replicating what worked for them but it is old, tired and all covered by now. One system that I use to judge movies on that many fail is this: Is this a movie you would see again? Does it have memorable scenes? Is it a comeback experience? The fact is either it is this type of movie or it is not. Once you have seen this movie assuming you didn't get bored you will not visit it again. I don't like it when things are presented larger than life (hype) and then I go in believing this and get let down. This is that case too. All concerned got very well-paid upfront and now they want to capture the costs and then some proving it was a fun and profitable romp at the viewers expense? There are many ways to kill time this be one of them. It is not bad nor very good