The Godfather: Part II (1974)

Release date: 1974-12-20
Country: USA
Language: English|Italian|Spanish|Latin|Sicilian
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Production Co: Paramount Pictures, The Coppola Company, American Zoetrope
Genre: Drama, Crime
Rating: 9.0/10
Length: 3h 22min

Storyline

The continuing saga of the Corleone crime family tells the story of a young Vito Corleone growing up in Sicily and in 1910s New York; and follows Michael Corleone in the 1950s as he attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.

Plot Keywords

revenge, bloody body of child, corrupt politician, mafia, moral corruption, brutality, dysfunctional family, domestic violence, fratricide, catholic, catholic church, suicide, bondage, political corruption, drunkenness, 1950s, melancholy, italy, child shot in the head, female nudity

Short Review

All the performances are fine, especially Lee Strasberg as a despicable Meyer Lansky hood; Diane Keaton, as Michael's despairing wife; Robert Duvall, as his lawyer; and Robert De Niro, as Vito Adolini, nee Don Corleone.