An average movie

The main issue with this flick is that it is a remake and I have watched the original version not so long before. Aside from this, it is actually a rather decent flick, probably the last decent movie directed by John McTiernan (would he ever direct another movie? The guy just spent 1 year in prison and might be burned for good in Hollywood. Anyway, we’ll see..). The biggest asset in this movie was the great chemistry between Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo. Indeed, Brosnan was born to play those smooth talkers (it was not for nothing that he potrayed James Bond over 4 movies) and Rene Russo was really good in this. It is a real shame that the studios seem to have given up on her, seemingly because she might have become too old (even with ‘Thor’, her first movie in 6 long years, they managed to kill her in the sequel…). Basically, the movie is a standard heist movie, a well made and entertaining production, but it was missing something to becom it truly remarkable and, honestly, it still felt like one of those unnecessary remakes. For many years, there were rumors that they would make a sequel, another remake based on ‘Topkapi’ and directed by Paul Verhoeven, but it won’t happen I’m afraid. To conclude, even though you should actually watch the original, it remains a decent heist feature and it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

6/10