Thank you. I completely agree: I thought this movie was crap. There are soooo many better heist flicks out there (incl
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nickt030 — 18 years ago(May 19, 2007 05:59 AM)
"How come this movie have 7.2/10? Duh! Because a lot of viewers rated it that way! You numbnut!
Get your grammar correct before you bash a movie! This is what you should have written!
Why does this movie have a rating of 7.2/10? It's because a lot of viewers liked this movie! If you don't like this movie, then deal with the fact that you are in the minority!!
My vote: 10/10!!
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bandini21 — 18 years ago(May 26, 2007 02:08 AM)
parkermj, there is nothing to discuss when one have such an awful, intellectually impotent opinion it's obviously been a long time since you posted this. Let's hope you're capable of sticking head out of your as* once in awhile to watch things closely these days, (in this case you couldn't for sure) not bothering fans of cinema with bullsh*t lines such as "disjointed disaster of a movie with terrible, inane dialogue and laughable direction".
And this underrated, forgotten gem should have higher rating than it has now. At least 8.0/10. But what can you expect when people put movies like beep "Departed" on 33th place on IMDB 250 Top Movies of All Time?! -
cdellier — 18 years ago(October 30, 2007 12:32 AM)
no kidding! anyone who would make a statement like that knows very little about film. I'm sorry but Heat doesn't touch this movie,especially in authenticity.(there's a reason it's James Caan's favorite role)if you watch recent shows like Las Vegas,Caan is still incorporating elements of that character (Frank) in his new roles. Last of the Mohicans is better? "ka-thunk" (the sound of me falling off my chair laughing!)and no ..Collateral is not that great either.
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Mr Blue-4 — 18 years ago(May 27, 2007 04:38 PM)
You're flat out wrong. This was "cool" when I saw it in high school in the '80s, and now I see it for the deeper work it is (back then it was easy to be distracted by the score and the look: we didn't know that "Miami Vice" would be a weekly version of this in a few years).
The directing and acting in this hold up. It's an urban crime film: whadya expect, Noel Coward? They talk the way these guys really talk, not the least of which is because a bunch of guys in the movie are the real deal. If you like Last of the Mohicans over this, I don't know -
robhumanick — 18 years ago(March 29, 2008 11:35 AM)
Heck, if it's in good shape I'll take it for that price.
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m-slovak79 — 16 years ago(April 19, 2009 03:57 PM)
well i also think it's (Thief (1981)) a little overrated to. i just got done seeing it for the first time a few moments ago and
it's definitely not bad but it's nothing special unlike Mann's other films like 'Heat' (1995) (10/10) and 'Collateral' (2004) (9/10, my 2nd favorite 'Hitman Themed' film ever behind 'Leon' (1994) 133min version) which are his masterpieces.
James Caan was solid in his role but the film as a whole just aint nothing special unlike the two Mann films i mentioned above.
all in all i give it a 6/10 (if i had to choose a 5 or 7 i would say 7 it's probably more like a 6.5/10)
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Matthew_Diamond — 13 years ago(July 21, 2012 10:42 AM)
The reason why this movie was so great, and perhaps you're not being used to seeing a real movie being a child of CGI, is that this movie drops all pretenses. The actors are playing real characters. Heck, even the band in the Katznjammer bar (Mighty Joe Young) was real, and they were really playing and not over-dubbing. The doctor in the hospital was a real doctor, and the look Frank gave him really scared him; hence, his reaction is real. I think that's what really scared you, is the reality of the movie. Or the "awfulness" of its reality.
That's my take on it.
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hansenmv2002 — 13 years ago(August 31, 2012 10:14 PM)
TCM i recall seeing it late on a movie channel years ago interesting "get out of the mob" type movie - thought it was great - the safe cracking scenes i recall were cool. ??? on seeing again decades later - im curious myself.