Review:
3.5 out of 5 stars
This is a gangster type movie staring the GREAT James Cagney (if you don't know who this is SHAME on you-- highly recommend his great Yankee Doodle Dandy). The movie is about a gangster man who is sent to jail and has to deal with the consequences of his actions while also realizing he does not have any control over what happens on the outside.
His mother is one of the highlights of the movie because she is so deliciously evil and realize how the character became so corrupt. James Cagney's character is so evil that you love to hate him and even begin to route for him. The middle of the movie goes a little slow but whenever he breaks out it begins to get interesting. Especially when he finds out his mother was murdered (the murderer is a brilliant twist in the movie).
The movie is famous for the last scene and honestly made the entire movie for me. It gives new meaning of a character going down in a blaze of glory!! It is as happy ending as a gangster movie can give you but it was very very poetic!!
I highly recommend renting it but be warned, it is black and white but I do not think that should stop you from getting it. It is heavy on the violence but it is fun to watch how the characters turn on each other and try to gain more power!!
Let me know what you think if you rent it! Do you love it? hate it?
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