Eh.....

Rating: 5/10 (28 July 2007)

well i went into this movie thinking it would be a good cop/crime movie maybe like "heat", but boy was i wrong. My first clue should have been Kevin Costner and Sean Connery. The plot is just corny to begin with...you got the up and coming cop (classic cliché), the old under recognized cop (been done) and the rookie and the nerdy cop who comes in handy very rarely. Then you got the creepy evil gangster and the big time mob boss. All this is just so reminiscent of every other cop/criminal movie that wasn't that good. So you take these cliché characters and you put them in a less than exciting story. Prohibition, has there ever been a law less respected. Costner's character doesn't even have passion for the law, he states he just wants to uphold it, so why fight so hard to uphold a law you really don't have strong feelings for is beyond me. Anyway a bunch of over dramatic events pan out with semi gruesome murders to add to the film trying to establish its rugged credibility. All the while we have to listen to one of the worst scores in movie history. I mean the music is bad, when someone is sad the music is so over the top sad music it is ridiculous. And when something exciting is happening the music is so in your face it is annoying. The movie should have also concentrated on Capone and his cold bloodiness more...instead he is rarely in the movie and really serves no purpose. This movie did have some OK points but for the most part there are plenty more movies you could watch to get what this movie was going for. 2 worst things 1. score 2. actor choice
2 best things 1.De Niro 2. gruesome murders