hmmm...the best"gangster"movie???...i don't think so

Rating: 6/10 (2 February 2009)

The only thing that made me go through this movie ( without falling a sleep ) is directing of Brian de Palma and Robert de Niro!
Sean Connery won an Oscar!!!...hmmm something is not wright with that...SPOILER: for the love of god, he was dying like a rookie actor with some corny lines aimed at Kevin Costner character and this was happening in Chicago, but NOOOO, he is talking like this is filmed in Scotland-at least try to change the accent...if he is a good actor, that shouldn't be a big deal!...but still Sean Connery is a decent actor! As far as Andy Garcia-he doesn't have any lines and Kevin Costner is just acting him!
As usually Robert de Niro steals every single scene, but he is in the movie for maximum of 15 minutes, if he would be more-he would most definitely get 3rd Oscar! Brian de Palma directed very well, but still that didn't helped this motion picture a lot.
This movie is watchable, but it didn't do nothing for me, to convince me that this is the 2nd best"gangster" movie after The Godfather!...Definitely in "gangster genre" it can't compare to ONCE UPON A TIME IN America, SCARFACE, WHITE HEAT, PUBLIC ENEMY, MEAN STREETS,...P.S. I'm not gonna mention THE GODFATHER I and II because one minute of those movies is better then this!
And for the end, i'm not a hater...it's decent movie, but it has many flaws in acting...but at the end, this is just my opinion and i respect different opinions also!