Charlie Croker pulled off the crime of a lifetime. The one thing that he didn't plan on was being double-crossed. Along with a drop-dead gorgeous safecracker, Croker and his team take off to re-steal the loot and end up in a pulse-pounding, pedal-to-the-metal chase that careens up, down, above and below the streets of Los Angeles.
A tricked-out remake of a heist flick that was already flat and formulaic in 1969.
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
5 Jun 2003
fresh:
A strangely satisfying though completely preposterous caper movie.
– Andrew Sarris,
New York Observer,
8 Jul 2003
fresh:
This unglamorous approach has the odd effect of making them seem more glamorous -- we're free to soak up their star quality because there's no hard sell to fight off.
– Peter Rainer,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
7 Aug 2004
rotten:
Itresembles a film made up on the fly. The cast, too, are strictly cut from comic books. Don't expect any unconventional endings either.
– Derek Adams,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
fresh:
This one offers some agreeably mindless fun in which the villains (including Norton) are truly villainous, the payback is satisfying in a purely infantile way, and the familiarity of everything is oddly comforting.