an overlong and highly episodic excuse for some burlesque and indulgent violence masquerade part time a a film of historical interest and validity . with leonardo scowling and diaz giggling and day lewis do his best de niro and this film take itself far too seriously for the leaden hand and juvenile treatment of a story which seem suspect the moment you think about it . it a shame to see a director with such a great track record try so hard to convince u that he still get it . couldn not he have leave this drekk to jerry bruckheimer .