The more I think about this, the more I think the movie should have been at least two films. At least two.
We could have gotten more of Lucas's background than that one story of his childhood and we could have seen some of Roberts's background--we don't get any of that and not many people become cops without some sort of family thing guiding them, especially (it seems) in New York. So that's one movie. The second could be most of what's in this film--Lucas and Roberts rising to power in their respective fields. Ok, so there have to be three. The third would be the trial and what happens afterwards. Whether that could actually be pulled off is questionable but whatever. I also think Lucas's daughter needs to be added in, especially if we're keeping Roberts's son--although that needs to be expanded to be relevant. And Roberts's law career needs to be explained more--there's a bit of a cognitive leap at the end what with the courtroom appearance and all. And that one white gangster guy needs to be explained a little bit--the one who goes into business with Lucas. And the whole Italian/Black mob dichotomy and the Jewish/whatever cop dichotomy needs more light shed in them. . . . everything needs more info. It's good as a whole but I want more info. I guess that's a good problem for the movie to have, though.
I do want to get rid of that odd voice over toward the beginning of the movie and wish that the scenes in the preview were in the film.
That's what I think about it right now.
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