awful... really awful

Rating: 1/10 (19 September 2005)

I found that I could not stop watching in disbelief at the true awfulness of this film. Where was the plot, was there ever a script, did the director ever turn up? I heard that the actors just got together whenever they had a free moment, but that is no excuse for the poor planning and execution. What on earth was that scene with Robbie Coltrane meant to be about? I kept thinking I must have fallen asleep and missed great big chunks as it swept chaotically from one incoherent scene to another. Just awful! Furthermore, Don Cheadle's cockney accent, well it left me speechless,right up there with Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins. I cannot imagine why the head bods in the studio did not decide to shelve this project, they must have been hoping to pad out their box office numbers. Please tell me there is not an Oceans Thirteen in the pipeline, then again I would have to watch it so see if it can top this utter rubbish.