A group of career criminals plan and rob the Brink's payroll depository in the 1950s NY.
Despite a to die for cast who are a real pleasure to watch - Falk, Garfield, Oates and Sorvino, this is a strangely forgettable heist movie. The first half is a straight comedy, even straying into out and out slapstick and here the great pleasures are to be found. Thereafter it gets pretty serious, which is fine, but after the fun of the first half, it doesn't quite hold the attention as much.
So worth a look for the performances and the initial comedy, but tonally a bit of a muddle.
Despite a to die for cast who are a real pleasure to watch - Falk, Garfield, Oates and Sorvino, this is a strangely forgettable heist movie. The first half is a straight comedy, even straying into out and out slapstick and here the great pleasures are to be found. Thereafter it gets pretty serious, which is fine, but after the fun of the first half, it doesn't quite hold the attention as much.
So worth a look for the performances and the initial comedy, but tonally a bit of a muddle.