Year:
2001
Studio:
Warner Bros, Morgan Creek,
Franchise Pictures
Feature: 3/5
DVD:
0/5
Heist is a caper
movie starring Gene Hackman as Joe Moore. Joe's crew consists of Bobby
Blane (Delroy Lindo) and Don Pincus (Ricky Jay) plus occasionally Joe's
wife Fran (Rebecca Pidgeon). After being burnt (i.e. he was captured on
camera) in his last job, Joe is pressured to do one more big score by
Mickey Bergman (Danny DeVito) and Mickey's nephew Jimmy Silk (Sam
Rockwell).
The last job is to steal a chestful of gold bars from a cargo plane in
broad daylight while the plane is getting ready for takeoff. The
complication is that Jimmy is part of the crew (against Joe's wishes of
course) and that Joe knows that Mickey is going to backstab him once
the job is done. Add in a couple of plot twists (perhaps one too many
as I thought the ending was "how the hell did he anticipate **that**)
and you have a well-done caper movie.
The acting is good. The caper plot is good. There is very little else
in the movie to get in the way of the main plot. There are no extras on
the DVD other than the theatrical trailer. Overall an interesting movie.
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