A good movie

To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this movie but since there was a nice cast involved, I was quite eager to check it out. Well, first of all, I have always had a weak spot for the heist genre and a vintage one like this movie are quite rare which was already pretty neat. I wish that they did stick more on how the actual robbery took place but, still, everything that took place seemed to be quite feasible which made the whole thing much more compelling (it’s too bad though that the scene during which they were exactly timing the actions of Donald Sutherland was actually much longer than the time allowed to them). There were also a couple of stunts which seemed actually quite dangerous, I mean, you could clearly see that it was Connery himself on top of that train and not some CGI character and, as a result, it definitely made this scene quite thrilling to watch. Concerning the cast, Sean Connery was pretty much pitch-perfect and this guy was basically born to play such characters. Donald Sutherland was not bad either as his right arm and Lesley-Ann Down never looked more lovely but, to be honest, their characters could have been more developed. In fact, you could say the same about the main character but Connery did manage to compensate this by being so damned charismatic. Concerning the tone, it was always quite entertaining but the tone was maybe too light and the last scene was probably too much. Anyway, to conclude, even if it might not be a masterpiece, I think it must be the best movie directed by Michael Crichton that I have seen so far and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

7/10