David Self (2)

C (Indifferent).

A mobster takes his son on the run from the mob. There are some effective scenes. Ultimately, the way it tries so desperately to have A Point ruins it for me.

(Feb. 2024)

Overall a fairly fun horror flick, even if it's a bit dated nowadays.

A rather famous film, which has Tom Hanks as the 'Angel of Death'. I never thought thi could be possible. This is an arresting crime story of revenge, of family in an evocative time of corruption and poverty, of Elliot Ness and Al Capone. Its theme of father/son relationship set in a deeply violent world twists and softens the revenge story of ex-hit man and his young son going after their family's killers. It is a great tale too, one where you can feel time slowly running out, where doom is show more on the horizon but you are still gripped. Does he get revenge? Will he get redemption? Will the son follow the father? There is slight repetition in the narration but really that's the only complaint. The setting is superb (the historical research shines), the characters (real & imagined) feel spot-on and the dialogue is hard-boiled from all those gangster flicks. show less

117 minutos