Pretty Good

Load of rubbish!!

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Blistering performances.

Had my attention from the start, realistic feel to it, interesting story, good performances, well directed and a good pace to it - not too fast or too slow.Reminded me, in various ways, of other newer films: Heat, Reservoir Dogs, The Conversation.Only seen 'Murder on the Orient Express' of Lumet's other works and I enjoyed that too. On this basis, I will definitely look out for his other films.Most, if not all, of the cast are good: Sean Connery, Martin Balsam, Christopher Walken, Dick Anthony Williams.

I found out about this film in reference to the latest scandal about government wiretapping. Indeed, it has a pertinent subject: a heist, its planning caught on tape by a bunch of government agencies, none of them authorized to have them.However, while the subject is interesting its realization into film is not so good. A lot of the heist details, the personal life of Anderson and so on were superfluous, while why those agencies had wiretaps there in the first place was not explained. The fact is, if you remove the very few scenes related to the tapping you get a rather bland, even bad, heist movie.OK, Sean Connery is in it, an incredibly young Christopher Walken, Martin Balsam, which no one remembers nowadays. They do their job and they do it well, but even with their charm the film remains ordinary. That is why I will rate it under average, but I consider that the idea had a lot of potential and has again very much today. Perhaps a well done remake would be a good idea!

This film is for those over 16 but would probably appeal most to the over 40. The movie does move slowly and is predictable. However, for those of us who love and remember Sean Connery as 007 will enjoy this film. Dyan Cannon's appearance in this film is also an added plus. I also say Kudos to the actors/actresses appearing in the film for their performance. The movie provides light entertaining. It also makes you wonder just how intrusive "Bib Brother" really could be in our own lives. It is difficult to imagine all this governmental surveillance without governmental action. In any case, grab your popcorn and enjoy Sean Connery as a professional burglar.Four thumbs up.

This movie gets off to a great and unusual start and moves along at a good pace keeping the viewer well absorbed in the plot, Connery (Anderson), as always delivers, no one else really stands out in the film , Martin Balsam (Haskins), is good early on, but fades away, Dyan Cannon (Ingrid), is very sexy, but not much else! Anderson, using mob money sets about building his team, but not always from his choice. It's generally a good watch, but just as the action 'hots up' it all goes very cool, the final 15 minutes are almost pointless and kill the movie dead - such a shame - an opportunity missed! Not something you would say too often about a Director like Lumet!