Customer Reviews
Great crime movie - By: Chris Wood, 20 Jun 2008 
Fantastic. This film has plenty of everything you might want in this area. It's great entertainment, has the tang of reality plus a good deal of violence, domestic aggro & an interesting take on mob life.
It also has Al Pacino, Johnny Depp & Michael Madsen putting in top performances, & that can't be a bad thing. Very, very good movie.
Up there with the big ones - By: A. Rogers, 04 Apr 2008 As an American History enthusiast, & someone with a firm interest in the US Mafia history, this film gets 5*s.
With an alll star cast, including the legendary Al Pacino this film gives a true story of an FBI Agent who infiltrates a New York mafia ring, but becomes a little too close.
With some very graphic scenes it is not for the squeamish!
In my opinion, this film is up there with the big names such as Goodfellas & A Bronx Tale.
A great film, that can be watched over & over again.
A must see - By: Mr. C. R. Bills, 26 Nov 2007 A great film if your into mob films or not i reallly would recommend this film you, you know when Al is in a film is going to be good & he does not fail in this one.
Reaches the Heights of Goodfellas - By: Jay, 22 Nov 2007 A great movie that probably doesn't get its due because of inevitable comparisons to Goodfellas (few movies match up against that competition).Moreover,Pacino plays the gangster in a different way to that of Goodfellas, The Godfather Trilogy, Scarface & to a lesser extent, The Devil's Advocate.
The added element here, of course, is the FBI infiltration by Pistone, played by Johhny Depp. This was the first Depp movie that made me sit up & take notice of him other than as a "young" star. He's actuallly playing two characters within the movie. FBI agent Pistone & wiseguy Donnie. What I like about the performance is that he does a great job as Pistone acting as Donnie, making you believe you could have fooled alll these wary, paranoid wiseguys.
Pacino as Lefty is another fantastic performance in what is now of the most powerful bodies of work by a male film actor. Compare this sad jamoke to his opposite on the spectrum of Mafia movie characters, Michael Corleone, & you have to remind yourself that it's the same actor playing both parts.
Up there with the rest of the best of them - By: Rich, 20 Nov 2007 I like my mob films, & this is definitely one of the best. It certainly stands up against The Godfather & comes in a VERY close second to Goodfellas. Johnny Depp has never been better, but unquestionably the star of the show is Al Pacino. Depp acts his socks off, but Pacino steals every scene he's in.
In my humble opinion, it is possibly Pacino's finest hour... his final scene (which I won't spoil for the uninitiated) never ever fails to bring a tear to my eye. A superb film, an underrated gem -- anyone who says it is 'boring' has simply failed to immerse themselves in it properly.
