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The Godfather II is the second part of the Godfather trilogy. This film sees Michael in charge of the Corleone family having taken over from his father Vito. Running parallel to Michael's rise to power and reign over his father's mafia empire is the story of Vito first coming to America as a boy from Sicily and his rise through the crime ranks.
The arrival on the young Vito in America gives a background to the character portrayed by Marlon Brando. The story of the young immigrant puts into context Vito's insistence on family being the most important thing. Watching how he has struggled as an outsider to create his reputation as a man on honour makes you realise that this is a legacy that must be passed on and that 'the family' must stay together.
This film goes further than the first in exploring the idea of loyalty to 'the family' and the corrupting influence of power. Michael physically seems old beyond his years and Al Pacino puts in an astounding performance as a young man who it is clear has experienced more horror during his time as one of the family than he ever did on the battlefield. Diane Keaton also performs well as Michael's long suffering wife and her nervousness at being introduced to Michael's family in the first film shows signs of turning to real fear and revulsion in this film. Pacino's Michael has turned from a mild mannered young war hero to a frightening dictator intent on keeping his grip over the family business.
This film contains one of my favourite scenes in the whole of cinema. De Niro plays a young Vito Corleone fresh off the boat from Sicily and quickly inducted into the crime lifestyle. After carrying out his first hit, he makes his escape across the rooftops, dismantling his gun and depositing the parts as he goes along. It is a terrific and memorable journey as you really feel his adrenaline and the mixture of fear and excitement that has caused so many deaths of mobsters. Most of all, you want him to escape. This film does a lot to humanise the enigmatic Don from the first film and it informs Michael's situation as you see that he has no option but to carry on his father's work.
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Production Year: 2004 - Drama - Director: Nick Cassavetes - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over, 12 years and over - Starring: Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling, Gena Rowlands
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The Godfather Part II is one of the rare breed of cinematic sequels which is as good as, ... more
and perhaps better than, the original. Al Pacino heads the star cast as Michael Corleone, heir to the criminal empire established by his Mafioso father, the late D...
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