Review of Gotti (2018) by Kenr — 10 Jun 2019

Every so often (more than the world needs) some movie makers feel the urge to glorify mafia nasties with a ‘tribute’ towards their obsessive power struggles - power won through thuggish brutality. In their simplistic plight towards being number one in the stockpile of grotesque morons they kill and maim any bystander (even their own) fool enough to make a challenge.

These are the Bikie criminals who wear suits and drive fancy cars and think of themselves as superior - without ever seeing themselves for the ugly hypocrites they have become. Here we have John Travolta hamming it up as vicious crime boss John Gotti in a movie as bleakly shot and edited as these things can get.

Somehow, this might appeal to the Godfather followers, or anyone foolish enough to be enamoured by the undeserved glorification of trashy hooligans (no matter how stylish they present themselves to be).

But, looking at the box office returns, it certainly seems most audiences could smell what was coming and stayed away. Director Kevin Connolly, perhaps should remain an actor, and think twice before going behind the cameras any time too soon.

If anyone might come out of this mess looking reasonably OK, it could be Stacy Keach but, the foul scripted dialogue continually destroys any efforts he may be attempting.