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"Favour gonna kill you faster than a bullet!" Always thought this is one of Brian DaPalmas best films. A taut thriller about cool criminal called Carlito Brigante ( Al Pacino, in a great performance!) who we see freed from jail by his shrewd lawyer Kleinfeld ( an even better Sean Penn, in an Art Garfunkel hairdo!) And despite wanting to go straight ( he hopes to get into the car rental business and rekindle his romance with the delectable Gail (Penelope Ann Miller, and who wouldn't?!) but gets dragged back into the sordid crime world by his ever corrupt "best friend" Kleinfeld, leading inevitably to a tragic finale. Despite knowing the ending ( it's depicted in the excellent opening credits!) you really are rooting for Carlitos happy ending. DaPalmas fluid camerawork, and some cracking setpieces ( the train station shootout climax is splendid!) and an excellent cast ( who can forget John Leguizamos "Benny Blanco from the Bronx!") and we get a well made, gripping thriller.
Good film mate. With all of De Palma's irrepressible flourishes. The Train station sequence is masterful. And obviously, Al Pacino is immense.
On side note there is a film called Q&A (1990) based on the same author's work. Which is also very good.
Directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Nick Nolte and Armand Assante.
I saw Q & A, It's a quite, and Nick Nolte is superb in it! Not quite up to Sidney Lumets greatest, it's sill very watchable
Ah good stuff. It's a disgrace that Nolte wasn't nominated for an award. Because that is what you call acting
Armour Of God 2: Operation Condor
My new favourite Jackie Chan film (previously that had been Who Am I?). I loved the fight in the wind tunnel.
Shanghai Noon is my favourite overall Chan film. Who Am I? is my favourite for great fighting, Operation Condor is my favourite for sheer creativity in action.