overshadow by the flashy goodfellas on it release and this dark and brooding and deeply satisfy thriller draw heavily on shakespearean tragedy and catholicism and the trouble and as well a more conventional gangster thriller narrative to deliver a giant film that will in time hopefully be consider a the masterpiece it be . it be superbly make and lit and edited and and joanou elicits magnificent performance from the entire cast but especially his three lead this be oldman best work by some considerable margin . there be lot of attention to detail here not least kathleen red dress during the paddy day parade a the principal head for the peckinpah style denouement . this be dark and more adult than any other gangster film and have a doom hopelessness at it core represent no one can escape from what they really be . consistently intelligent and understated and it be also superbly and movingly score by the great morricone and which almost lend a contemporary western elegy feeling to the film . quite simply superb .