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Heist (2001)
Rate:
5
Viewed:
7/24
7/24:
While watching Heist, I thought the dialogue was a rip-off of David Mamet's stuff.
To my surprise, I found out afterwards that he actually wrote it and also directed the film. The way the
characters talked sounds artificial and very stagy. Is there a parody going on here? As for the story, it's
The Spanish Prisoner all over again. The switcheroos are endless
and thus tiresome. Even Ricky Jay and Mamet's wife, Rebecca Pidgeon, appears for the umpteenth time with
almost the same set of male leads from Get Shorty.
The concept is interesting, but let's face it: heist pictures have been done to death since
The Asphalt Jungle came out in 1950. That is to say the formula is
exactly the same and everybody is so smart and genius-like with the ability to foresee five to ten steps ahead.
Even The Score came out during the same time. By the way, I don't understand
why Gene Hackman's character is so concerned about being burned after showing his face yet nothing happens to
him afterwards.
All in all, it's time for David Mamet to retire from the directing business, and please...no more Rebecca Pidgeon!