Featured Audience Ratings

• Anthony L

  
  Gene Hackman is the reason to watch Heist. The rest of the cast are also on good form, Danny DeVito playing his role convincingly without the humor you'd expect. David Mamet though has had better days. A Heist film should look good, this film looks mediocre. The beginning of the… More
  Gene Hackman is the reason to watch Heist. The rest of the cast are also on good form, Danny DeVito playing his role convincingly without the humor you'd expect. David Mamet though has had better days. A Heist film should look good, this film looks mediocre. The beginning of the film promises so much but the ending is disappointing to say the least.

• Lady D

  
  A watchable Heist film, but not a particularly exciting one. The plot was full of little twists, but most of them predictable and for me this film brought nothing new to films sharing this theme.

• Al S

  
  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… More
  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 cast of actors. Gene Hackman has never been better. A cool, captivating and fantastic performance. Delroy Lindo is teriffic. Danny DeVito is explosive.

• Curtis L

  
  This was okay.

• xGary X

  
  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… 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 embarrassing, the plot implausible and lacking in humour, and all of it's so-called twists can be seen lumbering over the horizon from a mile away. Not completely awful, but in the end it's nothing more than 90 minutes of "So what?"

• Aaron N

  
  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… 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 when it becomes cryptic or metaphoric. Heist is appropriately slick because of the choice of actors and it a lot of fun to see everyone riff off of each other. Gene Hackman and Delroy Lindo star as the thieves who have to take that one last job before retiring. Danny De Vito is their mean spirited employer. Sam Rockwell and Ricky Jay also step into the game for added coolness. Bobby Blane: You know why the chicken crossed the road? Because the road crossed the chicken. Many twists, double and triple crosses unfold, and everything is played very cool. There is even a sweet and realistic gun fight towards the end. Enjoyable and played out like a 70s crime movie with slick Mamet dialog. Bergman: OK, you want to wrap it up? Or you want to just stand around here, try to guess my real name? Joe Moore: What is your real name? Bergman: Rumpelstiltskin. Joe Moore: What was it before you changed it?

• Luke B

  
  An intelligent and well scipted heist film, with interesting characters and some tense moments. It does however conform too much to all other heist thrillers and despite all the surprising twists along the way, the ending is ultimately predictable.

• John B

  
  Mamet does a great job of directing this feature which was in the theatres and out far too quickly. Gene Hackman is always great in this type of role.

• Curt C

  
  Entertaining double-cross movie that is really held up by the superb cast.

• Brian R

  
  Good caper. I was surprised to see a much older Gene Hackman become such a powerful force. David Mamet's dialogue is in full gear as it was in his previous pictures and now he is ready to be a magician in "Heist". I like the way how the actually heist goes down and… More
  Good caper. I was surprised to see a much older Gene Hackman become such a powerful force. David Mamet's dialogue is in full gear as it was in his previous pictures and now he is ready to be a magician in "Heist". I like the way how the actually heist goes down and maybe thieves in real life can actually pull off such an almost impossible feet. The cast is really good and I got to somewhat feel a connection as if the characters have been together for quite some time. There is a few minor flaws and the tone of the picture does feel like watching a TV drama but "Heist" isn't boring, it's actually intelligent. I like that.

• Andre T

  
  Heist is a 2001 crime film, written and directed by David Mamet, which stars Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito, Delroy Lindo, Rebecca Pidgeon, Ricky Jay, and Sam Rockwell.Joe Moore (Hackman) runs a ring of professional thieves, which includes Bobby Blane (Lindo), Don "Pinky" Pincus… More
  Heist is a 2001 crime film, written and directed by David Mamet, which stars Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito, Delroy Lindo, Rebecca Pidgeon, Ricky Jay, and Sam Rockwell.Joe Moore (Hackman) runs a ring of professional thieves, which includes Bobby Blane (Lindo), Don "Pinky" Pincus (Jay) and Joe's much younger wife Fran (Pidgeon). During a daylight robbery of a New York City jewelry store, Joe's face is captured by a security camera. As both the picture and a witness can identify him, Joe chooses to retire from crime and plans to disappear on his sailboat with his wife, living off their share of the heist.Very predictable and cliche this is just a mediane movie, despite the elegant production and cast.

• matt s

  
  Not bad to see Hackman in peak form. God, he can carry a flick. The ending is kinda bleh, but it's a fun watch. Mamet still knows how to write good dialogue, but Hackman and Lindo are the sole reasons for watching. They outperform everyone, including a young Rockwell.

• David S

  
  A good solid movie but nothing special. Hackman is great (as is Lindo) but the twists start to get laboured towards the end. Not Mamet's best. Check out The Spanish Prisoner instead.

• Miriam K

  
  Not that good.

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