Compared with "Once Upon a Time in America", this film is more realistic and more entertaining. This film is said to be the three major gangster films along with "The Godfather" and "Once Upon a Time in America". I think this film has not reached this level, but it is also a good movie.
The theme of this film is probably betrayal. The first half is about the happy gang life, because there are endless money, countless beauties, and many good buddies. No one dares to bully you and do whatever they want. While showing these characteristics, the film’s depiction is very wonderful, and I even have the urge to join the underworld. The point is "a lot of good buddies", that is the greatest asset. The movie's clue character Henry conquered Karen through his invincible social connections.
Although the development of the latter half was unexpected, it evolved quite naturally. In order to keep Jimmy secretly killing all his accomplices, Henry betrayed all his good buddies. Polly gave Henry US$3,200 as a lifetime wage, and then made a clear cut. Tommy and the others had a disagreement and shot each other to death. Under the premise of self-protection, no buddies are worth anything. The film is also very thorough, and the method of dealing with worthless buddies is also unconstrained, do whatever you want. Tomorrow you may betray me, tonight I will leave you corpse in the trash.
In the end, no one is a winner. After betraying all his buddies, Henry was able to retire and live an ordinary life full of bills and trivial matters for the rest of his life; Jimmy killed all the insiders and got 30 years in prison. Polly was the boss who was scammed by his subordinates. When he died in prison, Tommy got a headshot. Hey, I still don't want to live this kind of life.
At the end of the film, I found out, "This film is adapted from real events"! Such a dramatic story turns out to be a real life!
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