Disgraceful! I could stop right there, but I choose not to.
As most of you know, this being what was remade into the much better Heat with Robert De Niro and Al Pacino, the plot is about a a cop, named Vincent Hanna, who vows to take down a professional criminal, Patrick McLaren, who's name would later be changed to
Neil McCauley for Heat.
Not much to say about the acting. Scott Plank (Hanna) tries to do a cheap Pacino impression, but comes off as Ben Affleck. Alex McArthur (McLaren) looks like he's trying to be Matthew McConaughey. None of the cast is focused, and the performances are very one dimensional.
The script was to be the most convoluted and contrived thing of all time, behind Twilight. The dialogue is too cheesy and just laughable, and there was no real memorable scene.
The direction was the best part. Some of the very few action scenes worked out, but the big shootout scene close to the end was over edited and just awful.
This film is not really worth the viewing, memorable, or any good at all. Skip, the only good thing are the few action scenes that work.
December 14, 2010
