Rating of
2/4
Capone - Review
Matthew Brady - wrote on 02/01/23
Did Capone kill or hurt Josh Trank's grandparents? Because making a biopic of a famous figure in history is not new, but I have never seen a biopic that humiliates someone into the butt of the joke, I cannot help but think there is some bad blood.
The infamous ‘Scarface’ shits himself multiple times, one time in bed with his wife (played by Linda Cardellini), where she's stained in his human feces. At one point, his iconic cigars get replaced by carrots as a strict diet for his already decaying health. So now he looks like a frosty bloated penguin.
Capone disintegrates before our eyes as he is diagnosed with Syphilis (in real life as well), and yet, for whatever reason, the filmmakers made him look like a guy who's slowly turning into a zombie. The veins in his eyes are bright red, his skin looks crusty and pale, and at times he stares at people as if he’s about to pounce. Capone looks horrible—I expected him to jump up and bite someone any minute. Then again, this might be what he may have looked like in real life during that period, so this might be accurate. However, I can only assume with a sense of doubt.
Hey guys, Capone isn't feeling too good.
'Capone' is the third feature film by Josh Trank, and I am losing hope for him as a director. Like Neill Blomkamp.
Tom Hardy’s transformation as the infamous Al Capone was... an interesting choice if I must say. He sh*ts the bed, and while that might sound like a joke, trust me, it is true. It feels like a joke. Hardy screams like Danny Devito's Penguin. He is a paranoid loose cannon who often forgets himself and the people are him.
Some scenes in this movie that wasn’t made clear. For example, due to poor health, Capone starts to hallucinate people from his past and specific events that are not real. Throughout most of the movie, Capone is in the company of a good friend while at his property until we find out they have been dead the whole time and are only a figment part of his imagination. It was sloppy and made no sense since we have scenes with this friend where Capone is not present, so I guess he’s hallucinating.
Overall rating: Riah Johnson was right when he described this movie as bonkers!
