Rating of
2/4
Watch a gangster turn into a zombie in 90 minutes.
Indyfreak - wrote on 09/21/20
One of the most bizarre gangster films ever put on film, Josh Trank's biographical drama of Al Capone mixes a treasure hunt with pop psychology and surreal imagery and outright body horror.
And is there some body horror in Tom Hardy's physical transformation into the infamous gangster who's been rendered helpless by syphilis. His dedication to the most disgusting parts of his illness are commendable but the effect is grotesque and often sickening. Linda Cardellini is actually good here as his loyal but suffering wife who is forced to watch her husband's severe mental decline.
Apparently director Josh Trank hoped this would become his comeback movie after the failure of Fantastic Four (2015). Unfortunately that is not the case. But it's more interesting to watch.
