Unfortunately disappointing

Rating: 5/10 (3 April 2006)

Unfortunately I found myself drifting during this movie. It was not hard to follow, in fact from within the first thirty minutes I had figured out the entire plot line, and had lost interest in what was happening on screen. The overall message of the movie is very good, but gets lost in poorly cut scenes, and scenes that are repeated. The campy music doesn't help the mood of the film either. Spike Lee attempts to recreate a campy heist movie, but only comes close to it, and then falls off the cliff before barely saving himself at the bottom. One of the major flaws in this movie is that There is too much open to the viewer to attempt to figure out for them selves after the movie ends. He leaves you nothing to figure out, and spoon feeds you everything important without even asking you if you wanted to eat first. Half the fun of a heist movie is having to figure out how they planned the job, and what their motivation was. Since you find out what their motivation was a quarter of the way through the film you lose interest in the main plot line, and stop caring about what is happening. For die hard Spike Lee fans you should see it he has his usual cuts, controversial dialog, but for the average Heist movie buff stay away, and wait for DVD its really not worth seeing in theaters.