Francis Ford Coppola's legendary continuation and sequel to his landmark 1972 film, The Godfather, parallels the young Vito Corleone's rise with his son Michael's spiritual fall, deepening The Godfather's depiction of the dark side of the American dream. In the early 1900s, the child Vito flees his Sicilian village for America after the local Mafia kills his family. Vito (Robert De Niro) struggles to make a living, legally or illegally, for his wife and growing brood in Little Italy, killing the local Black Hand Fanucci (Gastone Moschin) after he demands his customary cut of the tyro's business. With Fanucci gone, Vito's communal stature grows, but it is his family (past and present) who matters most to him -- a familial legacy then upended by Michael's (Al Pacino) business expansion in the 1950s. Now based in Lake Tahoe, Michael conspires to make inroads in Las Vegas and Havana pleasure industries by any means necessary. As he realizes that allies like Hyman Roth (Lee Strasberg) are trying to kill him, the increasingly paranoid Michael also discovers that his ambition has crippled his marriage to Kay (Diane Keaton) and turned his brother, Fredo (John Cazale), against him. Barely escaping a federal indictment, Michael turns his attention to dealing with his enemies, completing his own corruption.

i am going to give this movie a 5 stars too like Godfather 1 as to me it is as good as the first but with few changes. movie becomes lesser violent and less with twists and turns but gets heavy and thick on plot. we see the past and the present. this is the Best sequel for a movie in the history ever.a masterpiece like the first, an artistic achievement. i really like them and they are entirely different from any other mafia movies ever. they have there own unique story and plot and on the top of that unique style of film making. this movie was far more longer than the first but that is what makes it epic. not a single empty moment, something is happening every time. it was more slower than the first one and some people may have problem with it more slow moving plot but still a movie that is worth of the place it has in the cinematic history.

this was and is the first movie sequel in the history of Oscars to win Best Picture. this epic movie was nominated for 11 Oscars winning 6 Oscars including, Best Picture, Director, Adapted screenplay, Dramatic Original Score, Art Direction and Actor in a Supporting Role Robert De Niro. other nominations were Actor In A Lead Role Al Pacino, Actor in a Supporting Role Michael V. Gazzo, Actor In A Supporting Role Lee Strasberg, Actress In A Supporting Role Talia Shire and Costumes Design.

again Francis Ford Coppola gave a direction to remember. such a masterful work, excellent direction by this genius. Screenplay was excellent written. plot was breathtaking, again as i said even with less violence and twists and turns as the first still. everything was perfect, cinematography, art direction costumes editing. just a superb work.

Al Pacino delivered one of the best performance an actor ever did, one of the best performance i have seen on screen. he truly is the king of mafia movies and this movie series the mother of all modern gangster movies. Al Pacino was breathtakingly superb in it. i wished he should have won the Oscar, he totally deserved it. amazing performance. Robert De Niro who plays the young Vito Corleone was amazing too, outstanding performance by him too. he sounded so much like him everything was perfect but to be honest Al Pacino takes the lead here. the other actors performed exceedingly well too, like Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, John Cazale , Lee Strasberg , Talia Shire , Danny Aiello , John Aprea , Carmen Argenziano and others. superb performances.

this movie features the rise of Michael Corleone in the underworld but his spiritual downfall, he ends up doing what he said and thought he wouldn't ever. then there is the past of Vito Corleone shown which was so good to see. carried off quite well by director.

this is an outstanding movie and i don't need to recommend it to you since you might have seen it.

Francis Coppola and Mario Puzo continue their epic saga into the lives of the infamous Corleone family, which is headed by Michael Corleone (Al Pacino). It is a film which does better than its predessor, "The Godfather". The film flip-flops graciously and beautifully between Michael's struggle over the family business and the life of young Vito Corleone (Robert De Niro, in a brilliant, Oscar-winning performance) in his rise to power as well. Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Lee Strassberg, and John Cazale give excellent supporting performances. Carmine Coppola's and Nino Rota's score is a masterpiece of music. The movie is expertly filmed and the cinematography is superb.