Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.3 / 5.0

Based on a true story....:

Working undercover as a jewel dealer Joe Pistone (Johnny Depp) earns the trust of Lefty Ruggiero (Al Pacino). Lefty vouches for Joe and brings him into his mob family. What was supposed to be a three-month assignment for Joe turns into several years. Joe begins to drift away from his own family and deep into the mob. He and Lefty form a strong bond and a father son relationship. When the investigation is coming to an end Joe realizes that his only way out of the mob is to betray his friend.

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IN TOO DEEP:

Based on a true story, DONNIE BRASCO, is a powerful drama. Undercover FBI Agent Joe Pistone (Jonny Depp) forms a friendship with aging mob hitman, Lefty Ruggiero (Al Pacino). While undercover, Pistone's personal and proffessional life, begin to collide, he puts his life on the line. As things heat up, Pistone finds himself respecting the man he has sworn to put away. Depp gives an outstanding performance here as a man who risks everything. This is some of his finest work. Pacino puts his past work as a... more info

More of the Same:

There are so many great mafia/mobster movies out there. This aint one of them. Slow and preachy. Pacino plays a schmuck and Depp's character must have rocks in his head for going undercover. Kind of dull.

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