Heist (2001)

The end of this film was somewhat familiar, so it’s entirely possible I had already seen this in the last twenty years. Gene Hackman is the retiring leader of a gang of thieves, which includes the talents of Delroy Lindo and Ricky Jay, whose most recent spoils are held back by his fence Danny DeVito unless the gang does ‘one more’ heist. Another part of the deal is that Hackman is required to take De Vito’s lieutenant Sam Rockwell along on this next job. A heist film that is more concerned with having its characters constantly turning the tables on each other than the actual heist, it is worth it to watch the cast in action. Hackman gets to riff with his crew and also play mind games with both De Vito and Rockwell. It’s unfortunate that it really does become a constant swinging door of switching allegiances one-upping each other because instead of being surprising and twisty, it becomes tedious by the end.