...so says Sam Mendes, and who am I to argue? The cliches aside, sequel being better than the first etc, but what a follow up. Difficult to imagine how satisfying it would have been seeing this at the time. The look and feel is the same. The sepia tint of the backstory even more pronounced. Terrifically understated performance from De Niro. Pacino's blank, dead eyed stare stands out from the fresh faced youth flashback at the end, sat with his family that he saw dead or driven away