Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito, Delroy Lindo
David Mamet's Heist is--not unlike many of his previous films--amusing, manicured, and fraught with an awkward tension. If you've seen The Spanish Prisoner or House of Games, you'...( read more
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DVD Release Date: March 12, 2002
Stats: 527 reviews
It's pure dynamite. Sizzeling and exhilerating. A razor-sharp crime thriller. One of the best and smartest heist films ever made. Snaps and crackels with great suspense and action. awsome twist and turns all the way to the end. Terifficly written and well-crafted. A brilliant cas...( read more)
Gene Hackman heads up an otherwise lacklustre cast in a heist movie about an ageing thief who is blackmailed into performing one last job. As hackneyed as that synopsis sounds, it doesn't quite sum up just HOW uninspired this all is. The dialogue is cliched and occasionally embar...( read more)
Jimmy: So, is he going to be cool?
Pinky: My motherfucker is so cool, when he goes to bed, sheep count him.
What's great about David Mamet movies is the dialog. Everyone speaks the same language, they are all in the moment, and they all no exactly what the other means, even whe...( read more)
This was alright, you always knew that gene would get the better of everyone, just didnt know how he would do it.
As per the name this was a good heist film. The film is about a group of thieves who want to pull one last heist to set them up for life. The film has a great cast starring Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito Delroy Lindo and Sam Rockwell. The film is full of great characters, dialouge an...( read more)
Predictably twisty turny stuff from Mamet. To be fair there is quite a lot of effort put into the plot. The main problem is the dialogue, its unintentionally hilarious in its attempts to be all intelligent/edgy.
Wry and self congratulatory, the snappy repartee looks great on...( read more)
Essentially a genre piece overdecorated with phrases, quirks and narrative slipknots with a mannered look-at-me cleverness. full review
Heist is the kind of caper movie that was made before special effects replaced wit, construction and intelligence. full review
A whirl of action going nowhere fast. full review
What Heist lacks in novelty it makes up for in solid entertainment. full review
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