Afouotos
Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.
RipDelight
This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.
edehrmann
I saw this on cable tv and it made me laugh. Yes, it is NOT a top quality movie like "The Godfather." It is not meant to be. There are good actors in it acting silly. Lots of stupid stuff. Funny stupid. No blood and guts. Family safe. Some of the humor is strange to Americans but the director/star is Korean and the humor is sometimes Korean, too.
Slapstick humor. Scenes that are spoofs of other movies. Lots of stereotypes, overplayed for laughs. Recognizable actors.
I grew up watching Abbot and Costello, The Three Stooges, and Saturday morning cartoons starring Bugs Bunny and the Road Runner. Stereotypes, slapstick, idiotic pranks and outcomes. A nice comic break from life. This movie is in the same vein.
Marin Mirchev
If you ask me this film is underrated. It was nice and funny so it is worth watching. There is other movies like this in the same genre like this one and almost the same plot but I personally find this one really amusing and somehow unique comedy. The story is not the typical "romance and the mafia" and there is something in the main character which reminds me for Jim Carrey's movies (but in different way). The movie is non violence. No real or fake blood. The shooting scenes are filmed in a really fun way.The storyline is simple and easy to follow. Just like I mentioned there is other movies like this with almost similar storyline but this got much more fun action in it.
imsorrydave
I saw it in Busan a few days ago and my two friends and I all agree that it is probably the worst film we have ever seen. I am British and my two friends are both American so its certainly not a case of us having a homogeneous sense of humour yet we all felt that 'The Last Godfather' was so bad that we actually left the cinema about an hour and ten minutes in.The film was absolutely terrible in every possible way and it saddened me to see a Hollywood legend like Harvey Keitel stoop so low. Slapstick can certainly be entertaining, Rowan Atkinson and Charlie Chaplin are two good examples of actors that make me laugh heartily but this was just puerile drivel. I am honestly finding it hard to give a sober and balanced perspective on this film when I'm enraged at just how flat, predictable and pathetic it was.
Irene Nakano
So what do you do for an encore after Hollywood makes some rather caustic remarks causing some everlasting damage to a director's debut as with Shim Hyung Rae's convoluted D-War affair ? Harken back to the character that made the same man the king of Korean comedy of course ! And so it follows that Shim is the #1 reason why many Koreans will go see the new movie The Last Godfather which isn't exactly a tribute to any lurid Mafia epic but does star veteran Hollywood actor Harvey Keitel as the 1950's Mafia don Carini. As many fans may recall, Shim's rise to fame to become Korea's top entertainer in which he played the good-humored Young-gu was due to his nightly appearances on TV sitcoms on KBS since the early 90's. As for The Last Godfather, talk about a flash from the past ! Except for a few costume changes and other theatrics everything does seem to fit the bill all right. That is, once the audience settles in and realizes that yes, he's cast himself in the role of Young-gu, then its pure whimsy! In the new movie in which he ventures off to the Big Apple, Young-gu turns out to be the illegitimate son of a powerful mafia boss. Even after a brief stint training to head the organization, he is no where close to being prepped for all the responsibilities bestowed upon him as Carini's heir . Even though things are suppose to be run exactly the same way a la Carini, poor Young-gu proves to be ever so slightly non-composmentis . He starts becoming chummy with Nancy Bonfante and seems to be perfectly oblivious to the fact that her dad 's the head of the rival mob organization !So what is the significance of "Young-gu" which means "fool" in Korean to American moviegoers ? Let's put it this way. It's Shim's trademark sense of humor known as slapstick, that in any assessment is the most difficult kind to develop on screen compared to the kind most of us have whether its's dry , sarcastic, witty, or campy. Then again, even if you don't have a sense of humor, you will leave the theater feeling some sense of relief since a minute of laughter usually is enough to feel the same benefits of a work out at the gym! And Shim's brand of comedy developed in The Last Godfather will do that .However , despite Shim's numerous attempts at directing an entire cast of brilliant talents, one of the major pitfalls that left me a little miffed was that he never brings out the star power of the leading roles and leaves Harvey Keitel's character a little devoid of artistic direction. Plus,it takes two to tango but the pace of the romance between Nancy and Younggu does seem a bit brisk and it doesn't seem that's he's all that interested in his leading lady.All in all , even though Shim is probably not trying to be the next Korean Francis Ford Coppola, he is smart enough to earn his fair share of accolades for the mastery of CGI displayed in his movies and will surely gain instant recognition from moviegoers worldwide.
