Review of The Godfather Part II (1974) by Bjorn B — 17 Mar 2014
One of, if not the greatest sequel ever made. A rare sequel that is even better than the original 1972 The Godfather, largely due to the superb performances by De Niro (as the young Brando character), Pacino, who here assumes the lead, and the rest of the ensemble.
This film has an even broader scope than the original, but does not fall into making the film bigger because thats what sequels should do, its bigger because it needs to be. While I'm sure profits were a big part of the conversation the Paramount suits had when deciding to green-light The Godfather Part II, but Coppola didn't go out and ruin the franchise.
Far from it. He did that with Part III unfortunately.
This review of The Godfather Part II (1974) was written by Bjorn B on 17 Mar 2014.
The Godfather Part II has generally received very positive reviews.
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