The Many Saints of Newark(The Many Saints Of Newark)

2021 • 120 minuten

Over deze film

The Many Saints of Newark' is de langverwachte filmprequel van de baanbrekende, bekroonde HBO-serie The Sopranos. De jonge Anthony Soprano groeit op in het explosieve tijdperk van de rellen in Newark en wordt volwassen op het moment dat rivaliserende gangsters in opstand komen tegen de almachtige misdaadfamilie DiMeo, die de door rassenrellen geteisterde stad in een stevige greep heeft. Dickie Moltisanti, de oom waar hij idolaat van is, heeft het moeilijk in de veranderende tijden. Hij worstelt met zowel zijn professionele als persoonlijke verantwoordelijkheden. Onder zijn invloed groeit zijn beïnvloedbare neef later uit tot de almachtige maffiabaas die we later leren kennen als Tony Soprano.

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I usually enjoy movies from this timeline and setting but not this one. Performances and direction were good and very convincing but the plot and character development were very poor. Watched this movie for good 2 hrs and had no idea what was going on or what the story is trying to tell. Too many characters with no background build or check, yeah you can easily get bored with this one, very forgettable.

The single worst movie experience I have ever had. It was a horrible mess of a story. It has made me lose faith in cinema. The show references were utter garbage and just shallow. I remember my mother used to beat me with a spoon and I would rather go back to that than to watch this piece of trash again.

3 and a half out of 5. While I never saw The Sopranos TV show yet, I still felt this was a tense and scary look at rising crime in the 60s with different gangs. One thing that was interesting and tense was that some of these people killed others easily and not much security was around and when it seemed to be around it was during riots. There was a couple arrests in the film I think a couple however. . A interesting crime thriller prequel, one that tells Tony's story well more towards the end.