lanceblades

Fairly typical early forties wartime movie. The Nazi's are portrayed as vain and stupid but you have to remember that victory was by no means certain in 1943, and a lot of movies from this era are little more than moral boosters. The weak ending leaves you disappointed too.

The story and characters kind of convince you to hang in there, but the finale is woeful, typical Hollywood, corporate by the book. A better ending would have made a better movie.

Standard fare from Scorsese with all the faces from past gangster movies. Just such a shame they are all pensioners now, it would have been a cracker if it was made twenty years ago but you are left with the feeling you've just watched your favourites from an old age home and at nearly three and a half hours, I feel like I've aged watching it. Good story, well acted but as I say, would have come over better if the cast were in their thirties or forties.