Pretty good but way way too long

Rating: 6/10 (19 November 2005)

Robert de Niro is smart tough guy who heads a team of highly skilled robbers and Pacino is the smart tough cop who tries to catch him. Sounds OK and it is but unfortunately the movie tries to be both a cop movie and a kitchen sink drama. All the leading players have wives/girlfriends who want them to settle down and be there for them all the time blah blah blah. Way too much senseless chatter in what should be a taut crime flik.
I'm not a big de niro fan but here i liked him. He plays a truly tough guy who can kill with the best of them but only when necessary. The Pacino character didn't work for me cause of the way he bullied everyone around in this film. Him being a shrimp and all, that just wouldn't work in real life. The two leads had a coffeeshop scene that rang hollow too. In real life cops and robbers don't pal around ever.