In countless movies Capone is glorified as the leading gangster, as an unbeatable, ruthless and cold hearted predator, which ever wins. But this movie is based on more human aspects and is a view on the formerly feared gangster when the rush of success vanished. Tom Hardy portrayed Al Capone as the nursing case he was at the end. I don't know if the movie is completely accurate. I read some articles and his wikipedia-site to know enough about Capone's end. In the end it is what happens to all, who walked of the path of the righteous man. A life with fear, guilt and wistfulness follows. Many people knew that he died from a kind of Syphilis. But this movie shows more; the whole palette of his suffering. So why do I give only 7 of 10?
It's hard to see these long winded scenes of suffering, which are made in a strong symbolical way. There are so many scenes which try to draw his inner feeling when it comes to rememberances. This flood of images is sometimes a little glutinous. And the amount of these scenes is a little too much. It is not a typical mafia movie many people would prefer, even though it has it's qualities. So I totally understand that people who prefer movies like Scorsese's epics, are disappointed. In my consideration the movie is under-rated.
It's hard to see these long winded scenes of suffering, which are made in a strong symbolical way. There are so many scenes which try to draw his inner feeling when it comes to rememberances. This flood of images is sometimes a little glutinous. And the amount of these scenes is a little too much. It is not a typical mafia movie many people would prefer, even though it has it's qualities. So I totally understand that people who prefer movies like Scorsese's epics, are disappointed. In my consideration the movie is under-rated.