Raised on the streets of New York, John Gotti found his way into the Gambino crime family, eventually having the boss removed and becoming head of the powerful family.
His wife asked only one thing from John, to never expose their children to his profession.
But he broke the vow, and John Jr. took his place.......
Yes, the film is all over the shop, we jump from one time line to another, and then back again, any other film would follow his rise to power seamlessly, and it doesn't seem to focus on one character for longer than a couple of scenes.
When we think the film is going to focus on one character arc, just as their story becomes mildly interesting, Travolta bursts on to set swearing at the top of his voice, with an expression on his face as if to say 'Excuse me, but what is this film called?' and then the focus goes back on to him.
So it's lucky that even though he chews scenery like there is no tomorrow, it's good to see the actor not coasting and upping his game after some terrible cinematic decisions.
Here, he harks back to when Pulp Fiction gave him a much needed resurgence, and even though some of the films that made money were pretty awful (Micheal, Mad City), he was always watchable as he has that star power.
So for that alone, this is worth watching for him, especially when you think that former stars from his 'time' (Willis in particular) have done nothing more than coast from role to role.
Yes, you will be thinking of much better films int his genre, and the script is really bad in some parts, but it's never boring, and it does what it says on the tin.
It tells it's story, in a bizarre manor, but it does tell it's story.
His wife asked only one thing from John, to never expose their children to his profession.
But he broke the vow, and John Jr. took his place.......
Yes, the film is all over the shop, we jump from one time line to another, and then back again, any other film would follow his rise to power seamlessly, and it doesn't seem to focus on one character for longer than a couple of scenes.
When we think the film is going to focus on one character arc, just as their story becomes mildly interesting, Travolta bursts on to set swearing at the top of his voice, with an expression on his face as if to say 'Excuse me, but what is this film called?' and then the focus goes back on to him.
So it's lucky that even though he chews scenery like there is no tomorrow, it's good to see the actor not coasting and upping his game after some terrible cinematic decisions.
Here, he harks back to when Pulp Fiction gave him a much needed resurgence, and even though some of the films that made money were pretty awful (Micheal, Mad City), he was always watchable as he has that star power.
So for that alone, this is worth watching for him, especially when you think that former stars from his 'time' (Willis in particular) have done nothing more than coast from role to role.
Yes, you will be thinking of much better films int his genre, and the script is really bad in some parts, but it's never boring, and it does what it says on the tin.
It tells it's story, in a bizarre manor, but it does tell it's story.