Somewhat silly in retrospect

Rating: 1/10 (6 April 2004)

I remember seeing this movie at the theater and thinking it was great. In reality, all that was really great was the creative ending. I really did not see it coming. However, years later I watched this and really found my eyes straining quite a bit. The performance are overdone (Baldwin is terrible), the dialog is somewhat silly (laughable in many parts) and the story is often ludacris (why the guys pull off the crime). No, this is one of those movies with a great ending, which really distorts your perception of the entire movie. The plot is lame. Many parts of the film lack even a remote sense of reality. In retrospect, this movies looks like the work of a first year film student. It just was more silly than good. As for the high ranking on this site, I just wonder, who really has examined this film closely? I think if you have, you would see that it really wasn't that great.