I agree with Henne, the acting performances of Keitel and De Niro were great (as usual) but the story was pretty thin. To me, it was just another mob movie. And it was set in the 70's. For some reasons, I don't like many mob movies set in the 70's.

"I never wanted this for you. I work my whole life--I don't apologize--to take care of my family, and I refused to be a fool, dancing on the string held by all those bigshots. I don't apologize--that's my life--but I thought that, that when it was your time, that you would be the one to hold the string. Senator Corleone; Governor Corleone."
-Don Vito Corleone to his son, Michael