Capone (2021) Review

This film made its way to foreign markets last year and was met with dreadful reviews, it has now come to the UK via Netflix so I had to watch it and here is my review for it. The premise of the film sees the notorious gangster Al Capone in the last year of his life as he deals with dementia and the actions of his life. 

Main Character

Tom Hardy plays Capone here and it has to be said that he is a great actor but he is terrible here and this is one of the worst performances I have seen in a long time. He just walks around and grunts, he is so hard to understand and this guy was Bane so I have learnt to understand tough voices but this was too much. It is such a weird portrayal and I'm guessing it is not all of Hardy's fault and this is hopefully just a one off mistake from him. 

Supporting Characters

Linda Cardellini plays his wife and she does an alright job here, she is quite possibly the best part of the film though that isn't actually saying much. Kyle MacLachlan plays a doctor and he is also decent but he isn't in the film that much. But the rest of the cast offer very little and don't add anything to the overall experience of the film. 

Story 

The story is so dull and boring, it literally sees Capone sitting around and mumbling for pretty much 2 hours and it did nothing for me. The film basically breezes over the interesting parts of Capone's life and focuses on this weird and boring aspect that is just confusing and mind numbingly boring. 

Script 

The script is awful, half the time I couldn't understand what Hardy was saying and even when I did none of it was interesting and the whole film is just uninspired. There is no humour and the film is written so poorly that the plot is laid out terribly to make you really not care about anything. 

Style 

The film has a really slow pacing and won't keep you interested for any reason. The structure of the film is terrible and never picks up, the backgrounds look okay but there is nothing to raise this awful film up and you will give up on it before it is done, unless you are foolish like me. 

Overall

Overall, this is a truly terrible film, maybe one of the worst I have ever seen. I had heard how bad it was but maybe it is worse, avoid it at all cost and don't waste the two hours that I did. 

Rating - 1/10