A sloppy mess, with so many loose ends you could trip up a convention of shoe salesman. - and, yes, I am talking about the director's cut. Unmotivated action, characters that come and go without explanation. But worst . . .
. . . you see a callous and vicious rape occurs in the back seat of a car, perpetrated by the lead character 'Noodles' on the woman he has been desiring all his life. Why he does this, of course, is completely mysterious. Then, after disappearing for 35 years to Buffalo, doing . . . What? How? . . . he reappears. The rape victim (Elizabeth McGovern), has become a well known actress. He reappears in her dressing room and . . . Soft misty music, . . . Violins. . . . not a word of recrimination, accusation . . . Are you kidding me? Not to mention the resurrection of Best Friend Max. Who was killed but NOT killed as the result of a dime dropped by our hero . . .
An utterly worthless movie.
. . . you see a callous and vicious rape occurs in the back seat of a car, perpetrated by the lead character 'Noodles' on the woman he has been desiring all his life. Why he does this, of course, is completely mysterious. Then, after disappearing for 35 years to Buffalo, doing . . . What? How? . . . he reappears. The rape victim (Elizabeth McGovern), has become a well known actress. He reappears in her dressing room and . . . Soft misty music, . . . Violins. . . . not a word of recrimination, accusation . . . Are you kidding me? Not to mention the resurrection of Best Friend Max. Who was killed but NOT killed as the result of a dime dropped by our hero . . .
An utterly worthless movie.