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The Irishman movie review: Martin Scorsese is the king of gangster films and this masterpiece adds to his legacy
FirstpostMartin Scorsese is king of the gangster picture, but heavy lies the crown. De Niro’s Sheeran works his way up as a trucker and a hitman for Pesci’s Bufalino; the two eventually become friends, and even grow friendly with Pacino’s erratic, dry-witted, wildly entertaining Jimmy Hoffa. In a moment of coordinated mob violence — one that feels intentionally reminiscent of The Godfather’s baptism climax — Sheeran narrates the events leading up to an assassination. On the other hand, Peggy adores Sheeran’s livelier, more personable friend Jimmy Hoffa — which makes Sheeran’s eventual violence against Hoffa all the more tragic. Scorsese closes his film with a recreation of The Godfather’s final shot — only this time, the door remains open, welcoming inside a haunting, unrelenting loneliness amidst questions of faith and depravity.
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