Edward Norton's worst.

Rating: Null/10 (2 February 2006)

Although we have a couple of overrated idiot actors as stars in this promising film, I was sure that it could be made up for with the brilliance of Ed Norton. I was a little bit wrong. Although Norton is a great actor, it seems that he half-assed his way through this movie. It just seemed that he didn't put in full emotion for his character in the ways that he has always done with his previous work. So, now we have a great actor half-assing his way through a movie with a few overacting imbeciles. That doesn't look good.
This movie isn't great by any means, but it's not horrible. Although good acting wasn't primarily on this movie's side, it had a few intriguing scenes. Seeing these guys come up with a plan for thieving gold and following through with the robbery and getaway was really cool. The action, although rarely seen, was pretty good.
However, lame and overused comic relief helped bring the enjoyment factor down quite a bit. I kid you not when I tell you that Seth Green used the same joke about a hundred or so times throughout the course of the movie. It wasn't really that funny the first time, and the more I heard it, the more I wanted to burst through the wall behind me and strangle the guy sitting behind the projector for showing me such garbage. I was just like 'Okay. Yeah, you said that. Okay. Hey, you used that one already. Okay, I get it. I get it now. Okay. Yeah. Okay. Stop. No, stop. Please, Seth, stop! SETH! SETH!!! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!' Needless to say, towards the end of the movie my sanity was nearly lost because of how repetitive it was to hear the same joke over and over as if it's really supposed to be funny or something.
It doesn't really stop there, either. It seemed that there were more attempts at comedy than there actually were action scenes. Rarely was it actually funny. Comic relief is a necessity in any type of movie, but there are certain limits that the writer of this film was not aware of. This included lame segments like each of the characters having childhood flashbacks of them doing something mischievous and cartoonish as a kid. I felt that it just made the movie satirical.
If I were the director, I would have removed some of the boring, unnecessary dialogue scenes and comic relief as well as re-casted. Aside from those flaws, the movie is actually decent. It's worth your time to watch if you are interested in seeing people perform such extravagant heists. However, I think that if I'm walking through the video store in the future looking for something to watch, this movie's tag shall remain on the shelf. One time was enough for me.
5 out of 10