How to make Al Capone uncompelling
Look, I'm not searching for The Untouchables II here, but if Trank was trying to tell me something I missed it. I know a lot about Al Capone so perhaps I'm biased. The guy was a scumbag. I went in not having any sympathy for the guy. However, this movie cuts from scene to scene and leaves the viewer confused and bored. I get they are trying to see a man struggle to be the imposing figure he was decades earlier and failing, but it doesn't work. Nice effort by Hardy, but I actually think an older actor would have been better - Paul Giamatti comes to mind.
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