A taut and surprisingly good heist movie.

Rating: Null/10 (8 December 2001)

This film surprised me on how good it was. What was even more surprising was that Steven Soderbergh took the job of directing it. But he brings his slick directing to the film.
All the performances were excellent. Although, I thought Andy Garcia, Matt Damon, and Don Cheadle were underused. Like other casino movies, you know the casino heist will be flawed, but this ending was a good surprise.
The beginning started off slowly, while trying to introduce the characters, but the characters are so nicely written, you can sit through it. The final casino robbery takes up almost a third of the film, but the robbery was planned and used technology unlike the recent casino robbing-themed movies, Reindeer Games and 3000 Miles to Graceland, where they burst in and shot at everyone. This time, the robbers used their brains.
Overall, this movie was good, and you'll want to see this movie on the big screen.