Heist Reviews

Deja Vu

When one member of an ice-cool gang gets recognised while on a job their future plans are thrown into disarray. They, however, decide to carry out a further job but their ‘fence’ (Danny DeVito) sends someone along as security.

While Gene Hackman pulls off yet another fine portrayal as the gang’s leader, watching ‘Heist’ is a bit of a matter of seen it all before. Sam Rockwell is not given the script to work with and so is nowhere as good as he is in ‘Welcome To Collinwood’.

The twists and turns can not make up for a severe case of deja vu. ‘Heist’ has a yacht in it which made it a wee bit more interesting for this reviewer! Run of the mill.

Expertly helmed and scripted serpentine twisted neo noir flick

Expertly helmed and scripted serpentine twisted neo noir flick with aging career criminal Hackman coerced into one final gig before retirement with the usual double and triple crosses along the way. Excellent cast pulls off the tricky dialogue and machinations at hand especially DeVito at his scummiest, Lindo at his canniest and Rockwell at his oiliest; all delivering the goods.

Taught thriller

Ok ok, so its not the most original premise: wizend criminal goes in for one last job. howeverthis film tries to be nothing short of an action packed romp. Gene Hackman is as watchable as he always is and Delroy Lindo, Danny Devito and a whisply mustachioed sam rockwell all turn in performances that seem to scream out that they are all having loads and loads of fun making this.

its little daft but never too much to spoil it and its short enough and fast enough to whisk you along with the ride.

Theres a great quoteable line about being cool as well He's so f**king cool... well you have to see it to hear the rest!

It was very good, grand storyline, lessons to be learnt from the film. Thought Gene Hackman was great and good acting all round. Great film!

[Highly rated reviewer]

NICE PLOT, SHAME ABOUT THE CASTING

This is a better than average story, with some neat twists and turns. Hackman rarely gets out of walking pace, DeVito is ludicrous as a Mr Big (perhaps just cast for irony?) and Lindo makes for a poor L. Jackson/Fishburne substitute. The female lead (forgotton her already) adds little value. I'd forgotten that I'd seen it before, but still found it entertaining enough.

This film is completely underated, Heist is one of the best heist films i jave ever enjoyed, and the great cast including Gene Hackman, Danny Devito and Delroy Lindo just make it even better. Although there are many twists and double and even triple crossings in this film, it's still quite easy to follow and is a very rounded and enjoyable film.

Nice film

A good film with good actors and some interesting twists. If you are looking for something with some action watch this.

a great wee film

I enjoyed this all though not the greatest quality dvd i have recieved...

the plot was great ,Hackman plays a masterful part .. the twists were expected but still surprising in there own way .. will rent again

dont bother!!!

dont bother unless your a ardent Hackman fan

not bad if you're bored one night

as above, wouldn't watch it again, wouldn't go down as one of my all time favourites, worth watching though,just once.