Daggger
Shared on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 12:26I want to get this out of the way right out of the gate. This is a heist movie, but this is not Ocean’s Eleven, this is not Italian Job (original or remake), this is not the Thomas Crown Affair, this is not Catch me if you Can, or Swordfish, or The Score, or Entrapment.
The movie reminds me a lot of Snatch. The heist is structured more like: if I asked three of my friends to help me rob a bank and then we go do it in the same night. The movie does have a planning stage, but it’s very apparent that the “planning” was more of “this looks good but we’ll make it up on a fly” sort of plan.
A member of the British family is photographed in some “sexual” positions and a Drug dealer somehow ends up with the photographs (I do not think the acquisition of the photos is explained). Well the drug dealer is using the photos as blackmail in an effort to remain in England despite the British government knowing he’s a very, very bad man.
Bad men generally keep precious things in secret places, what better place than a bank vault safety deposit box, with tons of other safety deposit boxes. You know what’s coming next right? British government hires third party bad men to break into bank vault, crack open safety deposit boxes and steal everything including one specific box. Sexy girl is inside mole for the group and knows which box to break into. The problem comes from the contents of both that one specific box and . . . all the other safety deposit boxes.
The movie intricately weaves several different story lines a la most other British comedies you’ve seen (Snatch, Lock Stock, Two Smoking Barrels, etc. etc. etc.) It’s a smart movie. It’s well organized, and a well-told story. There is a proper mix of comedy, action, struggle, helplessness, trust, mistrust, and white knuckle stress. At times it’s violent, at times it’s funny, at times you want to scream at the screen trying to tell them not to be stupid. Finally in the end you are satisfied with the ride.
As I’ve said in past I hate giving stars but people like it.
So . . . somewhere around 3.5 out of 4 stars.
The movie reminds me a lot of Snatch. The heist is structured more like: if I asked three of my friends to help me rob a bank and then we go do it in the same night. The movie does have a planning stage, but it’s very apparent that the “planning” was more of “this looks good but we’ll make it up on a fly” sort of plan.
A member of the British family is photographed in some “sexual” positions and a Drug dealer somehow ends up with the photographs (I do not think the acquisition of the photos is explained). Well the drug dealer is using the photos as blackmail in an effort to remain in England despite the British government knowing he’s a very, very bad man.
Bad men generally keep precious things in secret places, what better place than a bank vault safety deposit box, with tons of other safety deposit boxes. You know what’s coming next right? British government hires third party bad men to break into bank vault, crack open safety deposit boxes and steal everything including one specific box. Sexy girl is inside mole for the group and knows which box to break into. The problem comes from the contents of both that one specific box and . . . all the other safety deposit boxes.
The movie intricately weaves several different story lines a la most other British comedies you’ve seen (Snatch, Lock Stock, Two Smoking Barrels, etc. etc. etc.) It’s a smart movie. It’s well organized, and a well-told story. There is a proper mix of comedy, action, struggle, helplessness, trust, mistrust, and white knuckle stress. At times it’s violent, at times it’s funny, at times you want to scream at the screen trying to tell them not to be stupid. Finally in the end you are satisfied with the ride.
As I’ve said in past I hate giving stars but people like it.
So . . . somewhere around 3.5 out of 4 stars.
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Submitted by pendragon on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 12:32