The characters stay largely undeveloped, while -- despite superficially peculiar features -- the robbery is stripped of the ingenious exposition of the novel.
– ,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006
fresh:
Connery is one of the best light comedians in the movies, and has been ever since those long-ago days when he was James Bond.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004
fresh:
he climactic heist of the gold, with Mr. Connery climbing atop the moving railroad cars, ducking under bridges just before a possible decapitation, is marvelous action footage that manages to be very funny as it takes your breath away.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
9 May 2005
fresh:
Crichton's films drag in dialog bouts, but triumph when action takes over.