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El Presidente (2020)
A gem for all of those who love football and do not love US.
If you are a football fan and willing to know what's happening behind the curtain of your favourite football tournaments - must watch.
Capone (2020)
It feels like the other 1:43 have been cut out of the film. Not a review, rather an opinion.
First, this is not Scarface, nor this is anything similar to what Scorsese had been doing his entire gangster-filmography. So bear that in mind before watching.
Now, I've been expecting this film for a year, basically since the news of casting Hardy to portray Al Capone. Later on, there were the news saying that it will not have been your regular biopic instead it would rather focus on a specific time of Capone's life. And I was happy with that. In fact, I believe that quite often a biopic only wins if it focuses on a particular episode from one's life.
Although what we've got in the end is an unorthodox yet, IMO, unsuccessful anti-gangster film attempt that either lacks another half of the film or is, in fact, longer that it should have been.
Let the overall rating of 4,9 not scare you. I guess people were just frustrated since they wanted to see some Scarface-Hardy gangster action. I don't blame them. But the film doesn't deserve such low rating, it is not bad per se. The truth is, when I started to type this "review" I had wanted to criticize it badly for a lack of substance. Eventually, I had to rewrite it completely since I've realized that I was wrong and it does have something that can be read between the lines.
So, don't be confused with the overall rating, watch it and decide yourself whether it's a failure or a movie with a decent message.
P.S. Hardy, as always, impeccable.