Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland, Lesley-Anne Down
Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland and Lesley-Anne Down star in this true-life action thriller, based on director/screenwriter Michael Crichton's best selling novel, about a daring gold heist that shocke...( read more
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Flixster Reviews (210)
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June 30, 2009Fun crime caper. Playful. Shows how the characters (led by mastermind Connery) carefully prepare all the pieces necessary to pull off the heist. Good period details. To me it didn't look like a 70's film; it has aged well. But, hey now, there's quite a bit of sexual innuendo...( read more)
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July 14, 2007Enjoyable period heist movie that's like a victorian version of The Italian Job. A likeable cast of british stalwarts makes it all the more enjoyable.
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July 21, 2009So, the fact that this was recreated after a series of films dating back to 1903, and the original play in 1896, makes this movie a little lame ultimately. The fact that the series of events is more or less what happened in actual, makes it very cool. Since I have not seen any of...( read more)
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September 26, 2009Based on the movie's director Michael Criton's book about the real life events surrounding the world's first train robbery on May 15, 1855, where thousands of dollars worth of gold was stolen.
"Edward Pierce" (Sean Connery), along with his sidekick, "Robert Agar" (Donald Suthe...( read more) -
August 26, 2009A heist film made before heist films were cool. Crichton's film version of his own book isn't too shabby. The parts done on the train were particularly intense. Though, through all the planning and deliberation, it seems to end abruptly. The characters are flat. That's not so muc...( read more)
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August 9, 2009Oh man I loved this movie! I especially enjoyed Donald Sutherland's performance, so quirky and fun to watch.
I laughed so much, especially when Sean Connery and his stealthy movements on top of the train. His close calls as the train raced through the bridges were brilliantly f...( read more) -
March 30, 2009Great cast and I so enjoy shows in the Victorian time. Donald was great as usual.
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February 9, 2009A fun crime caper movie delivered to us by Michael Crichton.Full of suspense and action and well paced,it got my heart beating a few times.Sutherland and Connery deliver great performances,and all respect to Connery for doing his own stunts in this one.Lesley-Anne Down really bea...( read more)
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Critic Reviews
May 3, 2005
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness
October 23, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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. full review
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