Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Darin One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

Yazmin Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Staci Frederick Blistering performances.

adonis98-743-186503 The story of the rise and fall of the infamous Chicago gangster Al Capone and the control he exhibited over the city during the prohibition years. Unusually, briefly covering the years after Capone was imprisoned. Capone benefits from a young Sylvester Stallone that even tho he has a small part he steals most of the spotlight, Ben Gazzara as Capone was laughably bad and he tried to much on becoming a new Marlon Brando. Dick Miller the famous Pawn Shop Clerk from The Terminator and Martin Kove from Rambo II have some small roles which were nice. But this wannabe Godfather Crime, Drama misses the mark of what made films like that legendary to critics and audiences alike. (2/10)

Desertman84 Capone is a biographical drama film of the infamous Al Capone that stars Ben Gazzara stars as gangster that rose to command the mob underworld is Chicago during the 1920's.Harry Guardino,Susan Blakely and Sylvester Stallone co-star with him.The story of Al Capone starts when he ed his first gang when he was 11 years old.After being part of the infamous "Five Points Gang" run by Johnny Torrio,he moved to Chicago a few years later as wipes out Torrio's crimeboss uncle to become Johnny's right hand man and becomes head of the area's prostitution and racketeering business.Too bad that his empire deteriorates just as his mind does due to syphillis.There is nothing more about this gangster film except the memorable performance of Sylvester Stallone as Frank Nitti.This was definitely a good one before Stallone appeared in the film Rocky,a movie that made him a movie star.As for the others,too bad that there is nothing worth ing about the performances of the cast including that of Gazzara.As for the screenplay and direction,it is definitely average even when compared at the time it was released back in the 70's and it will definitely be very dated by today's standards.

mlraymond This film is a real curiosity.It is notable for a few reasons: raw language that would not have been allowed prior to the Seventies, but might be close to the way real gangsters would have spoken to each other; total frontal nudity, and an early appearance by Sylvester Stallone. The portrayal of Al Capone by Ben Gazzara is so broad as to be farcical, apparently on purpose.There is a lot of exaggerated humor and comic antics in the film that make it seem like it wasn't meant to be taken too seriously. By contrast, the 1959 Al Capone with Rod Steiger had a certain gallows humor and bleak comedy, but never at the expense of the historical figures being portrayed. When Rod Steiger bellows and blusters, connives and threatens, you believe he's Al Capone. Gazzara seems almost to play Capone as if he were in a Saturday Night Live sketch. I saw this movie in its original release to theaters, with a high degree of audience involvement. An elderly gentleman, who had apparently had a few too many before the show, talked to characters in the movie and gave advice and pointed out things throughout the screening, climaxing with a gunfight where Al Capone was ambushed by rivals, and the elderly viewer stood up in the aisle, pointed his cane at the screen like a tommy gun and hollered "I'll help you, Al!", while firing his cane at the screen. This somehow seems the appropriate spirit in which to view this film.

filmbuff1970 I have seen many actors hamming it up.But Ben Gazzara plays Al Capone in Al Jolson mode.I swear he was going to sing Mammy before the end.This is a really tacky movie made because The Godfather was such a hit.Avoid like the Plague.1 out of 10