Sure, it was funny at times

Rating: Null/10 (11 December 2004)

I honestly did enjoy a lot of the silliness in this movie. Some of the parts were random as hell, but also they were funny. Fun. Lots of fun. But that's about it. The entire first hour felt like wading through poorly thought-out plot exposition. The overall plot is confusing, though thin, because it has large holes. Too much time is spent on developing irrelevant aspects, and then it's like the viewer is just supposed to know the stuff in between. I left feeling confused and disappointed. Now I'm not saying I wanted a heist film just like Ocean's 11, in fact I would be disappointed if that's all they did. But they tried to make this too many things that it shouldn't be. A heist film, a comedy, a revenge flick, a drama, all rolled into one. And I'm sure that sometime there's going to be a movie with all these elements that does a superb job. But this wasn't it. In addition, a lot changed in the way each actor portrayed their character. Some of that can be attributed to the effect money has on a person (maybe, like Yen's newfound exuberance and sassiness) but overall less of the real material was discernible. Instead, everyone seemed to play more of their caricature-esque aspects, making them seem less like actual people (one of the reasons the first was so appealing). But it was still fun. and funny, at times.