A new invention at its release, The-Godfather (72) spawned many more mob movies, some just as masterful (GoodFellas MillersCrossing). But unlike T2-Judgment-Day (The-Terminator), Aliens (Alien), Bride (Frankenstein) & Ugly (Dollars), some of film's best sequels, Part-II is not a new idea on a familiar story. It doesn't build upward, only widens the saga with Michael now turning mean as he raises the body count to consolidate power, his dead soul reborn in the "misunderstood" 3rd film in the trilogy, Godfather-Part-III (90). The history of the Corleone family's arrival in early 1900s NYC (DeNiro Kirby Moschin) & Cuba cake-cutting scenes are memorable (2.5./4).