Rating:8/10
Miller's Crossing is an underrated gem of a movie from the Coen Brothers.  These are the same guys who brought you The Big Lebowski and O Brother, Where Art Thou.  When I was first watching this I thougth that this was a typical warring old school gangster type film, but it felt different.  The pace was very quick and the violent action sequences peppered through out the film made me cringe at times.  When Leo the crime boss was shooting at a hitman while he was outside of his house and the hitman was inside, I realized I had my mouth wide open for that.  As the hitman was getting sprayed with bullets, and watching the reaction of the hitman, especially when he was shooting himself through his feet, you couldn't do nothing but cringe.  Gabriel Byrne has great chemsitry with anyone who is on screen with him.  John Turturro, with the small amount of screen time he was on, clicked extremely well with Byrne.  The only thing I didn't like from Turturro was when he was begging for his life.  To me, he was totally unconvincing.  You could almsot see it in his face.  Jon Polito as crime boss Caspar probably gives his best performance.  When he was onscreen, you just couldn't take your eyes off the screen because I didn't want to miss what he was going to do next.  The one thing that also stood out in this movie was the dialogue.  I was fascinated with the vernacular of the era that was used as I was hearing words and then trying to piece together what those words might have meant.  The movie was a far cry from unpredictablility, but still I found this very enjoyable and worth the time to watch.