is the type of movie that has a lot of ambition but can’t seem to follow through on it. It has great ideas and references that I enjoyed but it left me more uninspired than intrigued for much of the time I was in the cinema. On the one hand, it tries to be a cop-driven drama and on the other, it tries to be a heist movie driven by the criminals, with the two sub-plots meeting each other half way like we’ve seen so so so many other times on screen.
Almost like when you bite into a pie and it has half the filling that you were were expecting, I was left wanting some more sustenance. On paper it looks like it should be the indie crime-drama that heist fans will love but it doesn’t quite live up to that idea. I think the best things about it – and what got me through most it - were the performances by Pablo Schreiber as Ray Merrimen and O'Shea Jackson Jr as Donnie Wilson. They both endeared me to their complex characters with their nuanced acting and were the brightest lights in an otherwise dark flick.
Even though I am a big fan of both heist movies and crime dramas I am well aware that this film might just not have been to my taste because audiences have sent in mixed reviews about it on sites like Rotten Tomatoes while the critics have given it less than a passing grade. So maybe watch it and form your own opinion, but my one piece of advice would be that you should probably wait for it to come out on DVD.