It seems as if I am in the minority here, but I actually quite enjoyed this movie. Maybe it has a lot to do with not actually expecting all that much from it. I guess that is one of those laws when it comes to movies - the more I expect, the less I get and vice verse . Okay, it seems as if it is one of those straight to DVD movies, and in a way that can be a good thing because people generally don't expect all that much from such films, and as such you can pull up some hidden gems. The film opens with a gun deal that is starting to go wrong, and at first I'm wondering whether they <more> are police on a sting or not. Well, it turns out to be the 'or not', namely because they are actually thieves. Well, it seems as if maybe they aren't into the business much anymore, but our hero, Jack, seems to by trying to settle down with a nice veterinarian though he has borrowed his colleague's dog to try and impress her . However, things start going wrong when his ex appears out of nowhere, and behind her are some thugs that are trying to kill her. Jack, not surprisingly, is dragged into the middle of the whole mess as well as his new found girlfriend . Well, it seems as if she has got some information, and she has decided to use this information to get rich rather quickly. Then again, she needs some assistance, which is why she has come to Jack. Thus we end up in your typical hiest movie - sort of. Basically they are trying to get their hands onto a large number of gems, and it appears as if the local crime lord, played by Bruce Willis, is trying to as well. Thus what is basically a hiest film, in many cases is also a game of cat and mouse. I actually found that the film was quite clever, and reasonably well paced as well. In fact it kept me interested right through to the end, and it certainly wasn't all that long either, which is an added bonus. However, what really impressed me was how our heroes or more correctly anti-heroes managed to outwit these professional crooks, and get away with the loot. Sure, the acting certainly isn't top notch, and with the exception of Bruce Willis, they are mostly B-grade actors, but sometimes this B-grade films are much more entertaining than your typical big budget blockbuster. Yeah, it might be pretty lame in places, but it is one of those quite enjoyable type of lame. <less> |