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Film Description
In part 2 of The Godfather it is 1958 and Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) has now fully embraced the trappings of a Mafia boss, leading to conflict with his wife, Kay (Diane Keaton). As he attempts to expand his crime empire, he thinks of his late father Vito's rise to power in New York of the 1890s and 1900s, but all of Michael's attempts to emulate Vito and do the best for his family only pulls them further apart.
Robert De Niro plays the young Vito in the flashbacks to his early life. Both a prequel and sequel to 'The Godfather', this film won five Oscars and was followed by 'The Godfather, Part III'.
Soon after its release, critical opinion merged to champion The Godfather Part II as a superior film to its predecessor - no mean feat on Coppola's part. Indeed, where Part 1 is an epic soap steeped in violent largesse, Part 2 is an American masterpiece, confidently navigating two timelines in its juxtaposition of the enterprising brutality of the young Vito Corleone and the human tragedy of his increasingly desensitised son Michael. Exquisitely detailed, it deepens and embellishes the first film, and stands as the true high point of Coppola's career.
It is impossible to shake off the conviction that The Godfather II is a film whose power and vision surpass even the original - but part II deepens the overwhelming le... more >
It is impossible to shake off the conviction that The Godfather II is a film whose power and vision surpass even the original - but part II deepens the overwhelming legacy of crime in the Corleone family. Marlon Brando’s famous performance from the original film is shown here in flashback as we see the evolution of Vito Corleone in America, a timeless portrayal by the great Robert De Niro. This parallel is masterfully interwoven with the consolidation of power by the new Godfather, Michael, in an extraordinary performance by Al Pacino. Yet as Michael’s empire expands he becomes progressively alienated from his wife and children, and is forced to perpetuate murder against his own blood and a Las Vegas tycoon, Lee Strasberg’s brilliant Hyman Roth. The saga really ends here, in this vast film, beautiful and staggering, made by a visionary genius, Francis Ford Coppola.
