Classic Friday : Goodfellas (1990) 10/10

Starring : Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino
Director : Martin Scorcese
Running Time : 140 mins

Henry Hill (Liotta) works for the mob, and everything in his life is pretty much perfect until his friends and business partners Tommy De Vito (Pesci) and Jimmy Conway (De Niro) brutally murder Billy Batts (Frank Vincent), a made man in the competing Gambino crime family. This offence could get them all killed by the Gambinos if discovered, so Henry, Tommy and Jimmy set about disposing of the body, which is only the beginning of their eventual downfall, culminating in their trafficking of drugs against the orders of their mob bosses.

This is probably the best gangster movie I’ve ever seen, in many ways I even think it surpasses the Godfather itself. Pesci is both funny and frightening as Tommy, and Liotta plays the almost carefree Henry very well. Definitely one that everybody should have seen by now, and if not then get out there and buy yourself a copy!

You’ll like this if you liked : The Godfather