Heist Glorifies the Criminal Life

HeistMovies Heist - R Best for: Mature audiences who enjoy Gene Hackman What it's about: A team of veteran thieves (Delroy Lindo, Ricky Jay) led by Joe (Gene Hackman) and his wife (Rebecca Pidgeon) pull one last job. Danny DeVito heads up the crew, which targets a shipment of Swiss gold. DeVito insists that his hothead nephew (Sam Rockwell) be part of their team. The good: Hackman is very good as the crew's patriarch, but it's hard to believe he has a young and beautiful wife like Pidgeon (30 years his junior). DeVito plays another ruthless-thug role. Director David Mamet delivers a caper that makes you out-think the bad guys to the end. The not-so-good: The theme of this movie is "crime pays" if you're cool and smart enough to come up with a clever plan. The trend in making audiences...

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Nov 19th 2001
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