An average movie

To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but, since there was a decent cast involved and since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, I always enjoyed some (good) heist movies and I was actually rather positively surprised by this one. First of all, the heists were quite entertaining but, above all, for once not too far-fetched. On top of that, there was indeed a solid cast involved (Kurt Russell, Jay Baruchel, Katheryn Winnick, Terence Stamp, Matt Dillon) and some of the dialogues were pretty sharp and funny. Once again, Katheryn Winnick (who was barely recognizable) didn’t really impress me at all but, at least, it was mostly because of the way her part was written and she wasn’t helped by the fact that she also ended up with the most half-baked character. Some bits didn’t really work either like when Paddy went to see some old flame or when they tried to cross the Canadian border inside a car truck but most of it was actually pretty solid. Eventually, the only real issue was that, even though the story was fine and the cast was even better, the directing was quite forgettable and the whole thing still feel pretty cheap as a result. You can only imagine what someone like Steven Soderbergh could have done with this material. By the way, I wonder if the whole thing about the Mona Lisa was true (I know she was stolen at some point, that’s what actually made the painting so famous but I’m not so sure about all these copies). Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, I have to admit that I had a weak spot for the whole thing and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre. 

6/10