*I don’t usually review non-horror, but this movie is worth
a review.
Definitely a Scorsese film, no doubt. It’s a well-shot movie
with a lot of great camera work. We get perfect backstory, but Scorsese doesn’t
spell everything out for you; typical M.O., there’s always a little mystery and
confusion, but that helps keep the viewer entranced and locked in.
Could it have been shorter? Maybe cap it at 3 hours?
Definitely. Should it have been? Eh, probably not. It’s easy to get lost in the
story, the connections, the glory of mob life. But it’s always tragic to see
that the luxurious lifestyle and power never lasts forever.
By the end of the film, we see our protagonist stripped down
to nothing - a bare bones and lonely man with nothing left. It’s a film about
choices, loyalty, family, and internal conflict.
Obviously, it’s gonna draw a lot of similarities to
Goodfellas, but I think it stands on its own and is worthy of its own place in
cinema without having to be compared or held up to it in any regard. As for
what happened to Hoffa, that’s for you to decide.
9/10
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