Excessive Length And Slowness Scuttle The Movie

Rating: 5/10 (27 November 2012)

Based on a true story, several men rob a bank and take the employees hostage, but things go wrong right away when their getaway driver vanishes and the police arrive, and a standoff results. But as we later learn, this is no ordinary bank job; the leader of the robbers wanted the money to pay for a sex change operation for his gay paramour. Word spreads of this, and a crowd of homosexuals gathers in the area, rooting against the police and for the robbers.
The movie was undoubtedly shocking in its day, and it goes for realism, with a lot of talking involving various people. But we ended up fast forwarding through much of the movie. Why? Because there was hardly any development once the scenario was established; we were waiting impatiently for the end, and all the talk was becoming boring. Even though the movie was intended to meant to show a realistic long standoff, it seemed to last longer than the actual standoff.