A pair of aging stickup men try to get the old gang back together for one last hurrah before one of the guys takes his last assignment -- to kill his comrade.
Trying to say if this is a good film is a difficult task. The story is pretty good and the direction strikes me as neither great nor terrible, but quite capable. The film really comes down to actors: Christopher Walken, Al Pacino and Alan Arkin.
And that is what makes this even more difficult -- even the acting hardly deserves special praise, as these are guys who can just show up and enthrall us. Walken especially has a cult following, but both Pacino and Arkin can just be filmed for ninety minutes and entertain.
Now, if I do not look at it critically but just as enjoyment, this is a very good film and entertained me quite well. I would recommend it.
Trying to say if this is a good film is a difficult task. The story is pretty good and the direction strikes me as neither great nor terrible, but quite capable. The film really comes down to actors: Christopher Walken, Al Pacino and Alan Arkin.
And that is what makes this even more difficult -- even the acting hardly deserves special praise, as these are guys who can just show up and enthrall us. Walken especially has a cult following, but both Pacino and Arkin can just be filmed for ninety minutes and entertain.
Now, if I do not look at it critically but just as enjoyment, this is a very good film and entertained me quite well. I would recommend it.