Enjoyable Caper Movie

Rating: Null/10 (16 February 2002)

Although this movie is not without is cliche's and it isn't original, it does play it to its strength. Whilst Sodenburgh may be famous for more camera wizzardery in Traffik and The Limely, this film seems slow paced and more boring than the rest. But that's not to say the actors seem to enjoy themselves.
The movie is enjoyable, the premise is flawed, and are most of the sequences - espcailly that awful cockney accent. The styling reminds me of a cross between Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and the hit tv-series Mission: Impossible.
There's a multitude of caper movies with "impossible" break-ins, this doesn't do anything different, except perhaps include a heavy a-list of actors.
Its enjoyable, a little memorable, but nothing new.
Overall: 6/10