The Godfather, Part III

Review

Some Godfather devotees thought this final installment in the Corleone crime family saga an infamnia; for others, it represents closure to one of cinema's epic tales of dissolution without redemption. It's the 1980s, and Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) has struggled to make the family business legitimate. But dark forces (in the Vatican and among his Mafia compatriots) conspire to pull him down.

Now this is one of the controversial movies for the die hard fans of the Godfather Triology. Simply, i don;t know what the fuss was all about. It was a grandiose end to one of the greatest epics of cinema history. Part 3 was certainly as good as Part 2 if not more. The cast in Part III is sometimes cited as one of the reasons for its inferiority, but despite the relative shortage of megastars, I think the cast, including Sofia, is fantastic here. Godfather newcomer Andy Garcia was particularly impressive. The film is excellent and even though it is likely the weakest of the three when you compare them, it is somewhat unfair to put the three "Godfather" movies together because they can all stand on their own. Great movies stand on their own and "The Godfather, Part III" does just that.

Rating :4/5