Sad-Ness.

Rating: 7/10 (4 September 2012)

If there's one reason why i feel justified for having watched this film, it's for the powerful background score by Ennio Morricone.
The movie doesn't brag about having a melange of method actors, barring Robert De Niro, who i felt should have had more talking than his bluster and Bon mots.
Another facet that drew my admiration was the tribute to the Odessa step sequence from the Russian epic 'The Battleship Potemkin'(1925). The extended time of the sequence adds to its suspense and elaborateness.
Sean Connery got the award for his "Irish" accent perhaps but it was Ennio Morricone who was snubbed, again.