Top-notch heist thriller finds Montreal jazz club owner and part-time thief Robert De Niro eyeing a $30 million, jewel-covered scepter locked away in the Montreal Customs House as the catch that will help him retire from crime. Joining him in the ...
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Top-notch heist thriller finds Montreal jazz club owner and part-time thief Robert De Niro eyeing a $30 million, jewel-covered scepter locked away in the Montreal Customs House as the catch that will help him retire from crime. Joining him in the caper are cocky Edward Norton, who poses as a mentally handicapped janitor to scope out the building, and Marlon Brando, the rotund hood who finances De Niro's "jobs." With Angela Bassett and Gary Farmer. 124 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: English; "making of" documentary; audio commentary; bonus footage; theatrical trailer.Amazon.com
Robert De Niro plays a weary thief tempted by wily old associate Marlon Brando into, yes, one last job, a plan to rob a priceless scepter from Montreal's Customs House. Director Frank Oz's heist thriller partners De Niro with hotshot upstart Edward Norton, and you'd have to be determinedly grumpy not to get half a kick out of Brando, DeNiro, and Norton--more than holding his own--coolly bouncing off one another in a Method paradise. Brando may be enormous and breathing heavily with every move, but his technique is as agile as it ever was; he still seems spontaneously clever. Oz doesn't have the most crackling visual style in the world, as the film is far too smooth for tension, and keeps tapping Howard Shore's music score to do most of the work in that department; the divine Angela Bassett is once again totally wasted in a 10-minute throwaway role as De Niro's girlfriend. The Score isn't anything new, and there isn't a single surprise, but if you're into this sort of thing you do respond to its polished familiarity. --Steve WieckingSimilarProduct