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Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro, John Cazale, Talia Shire, Lee Strasberg, Michael V. Gazzo, G. D. Spradlin, Richard Bright (more)VOD (5)
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In what is undeniably one of the best sequels ever made, Francis Ford Coppola continues his epic Godfather trilogy with this saga of two generations of power within the Corleone family. Coppola, working once again with the author Mario Puzo, crafts two interwoven stories that work as both prequel and sequel to the original. One shows the humble Sicilian beginnings and New York rise of a young Don Vito, now played in an Oscar(r)-winning* performance for Best Supporting Actor by Robert De Niro. The other shows the ascent of Michael (Al Pacino) as the new Don. Reassembling many of the cast members who helped make The Godfather(tm), Coppola has produced a movie of staggering magnitude and vision; the film received eleven Academy Awards(r) nominations, winning six including Best Picture of 1974. (Paramount Pictures UK)
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This mafia opus confirms its quality in the second part as well. Although Al Pacino is not Marlon Brando, the whole story of one mob family is still absolutely incredible. The five-star rating is indisputable here. Where else will a director offer you a better insight into the life of mobsters than in this film?
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More elaborate, expensive, and monumental than the first film, but I can’t say which of them is of higher quality. In this second episode I somewhat miss the meaning of the retrospective part, where we follow a young Vito Corleone masterfully played by Robert De Niro. Of course, for the clarification and detailed description of the history of the Corleone family, it is good, but due to these inserts, the runtime is gigantic, and if we also add some less exciting passages depicting the present, the length of the film might be problematic for some viewers. Nevertheless, The Godfather II is more than a great film that describes relationships and business practices of mafia families in the 1940s and 1950s with incredible precision. Coppola did an outstanding job once again.
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The Godfather II left me with negative impressions the first time I watched it and I left the screen with a feeling of emptiness. However, as you can see in the current rating, the second screening, as usual, has changed everything diametrically and I have to write a new review. Not that I really have to, but this film deserves it. Part II is like a trophy for genre lovers that we can walk around and look at every day without ever getting get tired of it. Just watching the way Al Pacino gracefully and nonchalantly performs and talks his way around, while at the same time removing inconvenient relatives without so much as a blink, is an experience in itself, and under the baton of the virtuoso Coppola, who was obviously born for this franchise and who takes his talents here to such heights that it’s simply unimaginable if you haven't seen The Godfather before. Brilliant, truly brilliant direction that maintains a perfect mafia atmosphere (I don't know how better to describe it) for the entire three hours, always mixed with the dazzling aura of Pacino's unreadable, cold-hearted but also loving personality. Only a small group of elite actors can give such a performance, and Pacino is clearly one of them. Like the first one, this is a film that was ahead of its time and that showed me the precision that the symbiosis between a great script and top-notch direction can reach. And the final scene with the look inside the eyes of the defeated winner gave me such a chill, it was like I ended up with a bullet in my head too. Bravo!
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The Godfather Part II is a cinematic masterpiece that extends the story of the Corleone family into the higher realms intertwined with politics and the even darker rules of mafia practices. Whereas the disintegration of the family as the only real value of the protagonists’ existence was hinted at in the first film, the second, longest part is entirely about it. One timeline – about the childhood and adolescence of the first film’s most magnetic character (Marlon Brando), played perfectly by Robert De Niro – depicts the core of Vito Corleone’s personality in his early days in New York, while the other timeline examines his more inconsistent and darker son Michael, who became the most powerful American mobster of his time. It is a great role for the charismatic, respect-inspiring Al Pacino, whose Michael is capable of anything. More characters, a more interesting revealing of the workings of the most powerful underworld and even more pronounced between-the-lines plot shifts come together to form a chilling mosaic of thought. With all due respect to Martin Scorsese, it’s a good thing Francis Coppola remained the director of the trilogy. His more poetic form of storytelling suits it perfectly.
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"This is the business we chose." The second part of the brilliant adaptation of an unforgettable book. Taking over the baton from Brando is the duo of Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, who are absolutely incredible. No need to add more. Simply one of the best and most essential films of world cinema.
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