Directed by:
James FoleyScreenplay:
Doug JungCinematography:
Juan Ruiz AnchíaComposer:
Christophe BeckCast:
Edward Burns, Dustin Hoffman, Andy Garcia, Paul Giamatti, Rachel Weisz, Donal Logue, Luis Guzmán, Leland Orser, Morris Chestnut, Ethan Embry, Franky G (more)VOD (2)
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When professional grifter Jake Vig (Edward Burns) chooses the wrong mark in The King (Dustin Hoffman), he is given two choices: pull off a near impossible heist or lose his life. Needing all the help he can get, Jake brings in beautiful con artist Lily (Rachel Weisz) and a mixed group of "professionals." Nonetheless, with The King riding him and a pesky Special Agent (Andy Garcia) on his tail, Jake and his team look to have the odds stacked against them. (official distributor synopsis)
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A surprisingly sterile imitation of Ocean's Eleven and its sequels and other heist movies, with the only clear shock in the form of the null actors. They don't actually act, they just cheaply parade in front of the camera. This applies to both Rachel Weisz (with whom, first of all, it doesn't really bother you, and second of all, her role directly calls for it) and the so proclaimed duo of Dustin Hoffman-Andy Garcia. Technically, there is not much to criticize, but the editing at the end in particular infuriated me, where it is shown how everything is and who is involved with whom, which is so desperately predictable that it erases all the potential charge of the previous adventures in an instant.
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Three and a half rounded up mostly for the sensational Dustin Hoffman. Had he been given a little more space, had Burns played better (or had someone else replaced him), and had there not been a slight ennui at times, those stars might have been proper.
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Heists, double-crosses and another supremely cunning protagonist. And of course, everything is different than it seems at first glance. We’ve seen it a hundred times in other films, which are perhaps not as dynamic and fast-paced, but definitely clearer and ultimately more effective.
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