The first Godfather movie is one of the greatest movies ever made, bar none. But someone Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo are able to raise the bar even further with their follow up effort. The story of Michael Corleone, Vito Corleone and the rest of their crime family is expanded in this movie. There is 2 story lines going on at the same time. In what is supposed to be the present day you have Michael taking the family and it's interests to Nevada. In a flashback part of the movie you have Robert DeNiro taking over the Brando role as Don Vito from his roots in Sicily to when he came to America and then eventually rising in power as a young gangster in New York City. Al Pacino as Michael is one of the greatest on screen performances of all time.