Frank made the mistake of being too flamboyant for a while after his success, and it was this that brought him into the sight of the police and began his journey to destruction step by step. He was sitting in the front row of the boxing ring in beautiful clothes, completely forgetting how he taught his brothers to dress modestly. And this is also the gap between him and his boss. His boss has been safe and sound for decades, trying to keep a low profile, but he quickly becomes less vigilant in the face of success and beauty, and failure is inevitable.
The cops are like Frank in a way, they're all outliers in their own circles. People who restrain reason and love are big criminals, and those who pursue honesty and justice are indeed indiscriminate and unfaithful, and they all make many enemies, as if they were specially arranged by the screenwriter.
There is a lot of depth to dig in both characters, how Frank struggled to strike a balance between his fellow subordinate police officers, and what his emotional world was like; more details on the police's personal life status, The price of his dedication to justice and the entanglement between him and his friends... These can be very good points, but the film does not portray the emotional depth of the characters enough, giving the impression that the characters are relatively flat, especially the police, As if he were one word: honesty.
In terms of the complexity of the story, this film is also incomparable with classic gangster films like The Godfather. Frank's story line and the police's story line are very simple. The police line had a lot of foreshadowing of internal and external resistance at the beginning, but it felt very smooth in the back, and those colleagues were basically soy sauce; the situation on Frank’s side was not much different, but fortunately, his grandmother and wife pulled back a little.
In short, this film describes the story of a gang that rises and then collapses under the persistence of the justice police. It has the potential of an epic film, but it is not good enough. It may be due to the fact that it has to be made into a historical film and is subject to the timeline, and the characters' characters are not sufficiently explored, resulting in a flat plot and characters.
Samsung, more recommended to watch.
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