Double movie. It seems like a good criminal action, although not without stereotypes. But the creators wanted to originalize and added melodramatic lines to the characters, which sometimes go up to the level of daytime series for housewives. In the end, it doesn't all come together. De Niro and Brenneman got a part with meaning and
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Double movie. It seems like a good criminal action, although not without stereotypes. But the creators wanted to originalize and added melodramatic lines to the characters, which sometimes go up to the level of daytime series for housewives. In the end, it doesn't all come together. De Niro and Brenneman got a part with meaning and they played it perfectly. In the primitive line of Kilmer, the writers were able to bring intrigue. And for Al Pacino, they could not come up with anything but endless jamb. The problems of his hero are presented so dull and drooling that there is only a desire to jump up and shout “stop at last!” Plus, he has to play some kind of neurotic. Yes, the film is unreasonably long, many scenes are drawn out. There are just those in which the portrait of Stanislavsky should hang in the background. Especially the meeting of the policeman with the leader, during which the policeman lays out all his family problems, and the leader confesses to crimes. Too much. So it was with the prototypes. But such a conversation. .
There are just jambs. An unreliable partner escapes in complete silence while trying to get rid of him, and none of the four people hear which way he is running, and then they do not try to find him. In another scene, a police officer explains to another police officer that robbers who decide to flee the crime scene without prey can only be jailed for six months for hooliganism. Alas, the writer didn't even lift a finger to review California's laws. In reality, the heroes scored a decent list of crimes, including violation of the boundaries of private property, destruction of property, hacking ... for 5 years would be enough. But the main thing - conspiracy to rob and attempted robbery - two separate crimes. It would take another 15 years. So in a pictured situation, the police would take the robbers without hesitation. But then it wouldn't have been a movie.
And yet the film has colorful characters, the acting is great, the camera work is good, especially in the representation of the backyards of Los Angeles. Perhaps, deciding whether to watch or not, viewing can be justified only by the phrase “why not”. Or love for one of the actors.
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