Rating of
2/4
One great character but everything else is bland.
Ichabod Crane - wrote on 04/22/09
The problem with this film is the bland nature of every character except the crime boss extremely well played by Albert Finney. Albert Finney's character is great and very well played and the best scene in the film involves him. A great scene of shooting with the music of Danny Boy. The problem though he disappears for most of the film. Instead it is about the very boring other characters who are just too blandly played. I had no interest because they read all of their lines in such a stale manner. The story does not interest me because it does not follow the two crime bosses struggle it follows Gabriel Byrne's bland chracters interactions which might have worked if he interacted more with the non bland Albert Finney character. Anyways I did not like the movie but I loved Albert Finney's performance and character.
