The Godfather Part II
The brilliant sequel, exploring the corrosive effects of power.
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This magnificent meditation on the corrosive effects of power flashes both backwards and forwards from the earlier film as survival strategies turn into near-paranoid preoccupation. Sheer brilliance throughout.
One of the few sequels that's superior to the original, this magnificent meditation on the corrosive effects of power flashes both backwards (to Vito's arrival in America) and forwards (to Michael's consolidation of control) from the earlier film. Just as survival strategies turn into a near-paranoid preoccupation with remaining the capo dei capi, so the family becomes less a source of support than of treacherous anxiety. Sheer brilliance throughout.
- Directed by:
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Cast:
- Robert De Niro
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1974
- Running time:
- 200min
