Review of Carlito's Way (1993) by James M — 15 Jun 2013
The Untouchables saw Brian DePalma's best work as a director. Since then, his movies have been very hit and miss. Carlito's Way is one of his much better movies and sees Al Pacino deliver a fantastic performance as the title character, a Puerto Rican ex-con trying to play it straight. It's a shame he's upstaged by Sean Penn as a crooked lawyer and Penelope Ann Miller as his love interest.
On the downside, the movie was a tad too long but the final hour is all quite mesmerising and it's a real shame DePalma ends the movie with a climactic scene set in a railway station, akin to the final scene in The Untouchables. Nevertheless, one of the better gangster movies of the 1990's.
This review of Carlito's Way (1993) was written by James M on 15 Jun 2013.
Carlito's Way has generally received very positive reviews.
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