For these mooks, crime didn't pay enough. The owner of the building wants to kick them out and turn the place into another expensive South Beach yuppie haven. Sure enough, the yuppies can't wait to leave. Emboldened by their apparent success, the crew starts living large again. But their ruse comes back to bite them.
Events spiral out of their control.
For this kind of thing to work, the humor can be blunt but the handling must be precise. But Sonnenfeld had to pass on the gig, and Michael Dinner ultimately was hired as director. He loads the frame with people and things and then keeps moving the camera through them. It's every bit as annoying as trying to bull your way through a crowd. But some of the veteran actors try to bull their way through the movie.