DeNiro Feels the Heat from Pacino in This One

Rating: 7/10 (18 August 2015)

Robert DeNiro plays a gangster (how original) in the first role where he actually interacts with Al Pacino, who plays a cop in this dramatic suspense film. DeNiro makes a living doing heists with his crew, but it all goes wrong when one of his crew mates loses his temper and kills a couple guards during an armored truck run. In comes Pacino, assigned to the case. The movie becomes a cat and mouse chase as the bad guys keep doing crimes, and the good guys stay just a little behind. The other side to these stories are the dramatic relationship between girlfriends and protagonist. Standard relationship stuff, with Pacino even having a depressed stepdaughter with an absent dad. Unfortunately, though the acting in this film is great, this film suffers from unoriginality. It is tired storytelling with the only redeemable thing being the casting being strong therefore allowing the acting to be there. I was not a fan.
7/10