Josh Trank's CAPONE is going and it felt like i was going with him
PRAISE: The last days of Al Capone are framed up by Director and Writer Josh Trank and when the film reflects on Capones past,hit me with a couple of nice visuals and actors including Tom Hardy as Capone,Linda Cardellini,Jack Lowden,Noel Fisher,Kyle MacLachlan and Matt Dillon giving it their all the movie is quite watchable
I thought the FBI pursuit of Capone even at his stage of deteriorating life was interesting.
I had hoped for more flashbacks of Capones life but....
PROBLEMS:What Trank offers is a graphic look of what someone experiences when they are dying,and not just flashes of it but lingering shots of bodily fluid and decay.
The make uo applied to Hardy was distracting like something out of the Dick Tracy movie.
Plus i couldnt understand what he was saying at times.
A plot thread that could have lead to something great goes nowhere.
One reveal made no sense as i thought about the set up of the reveal.
Trank showed so much promise with the film Chronicle but gave the world the lopsided and
lukewarm Fantastic Four
CAPONE is a mess....literally !!
Scale of 1-10 a 4