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Movie poster featuring Robert De Niro and Jean Reno
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Action? Check. Intensity? Check. Thrill? Check. This movie had everything an action movie needs to be perfect but they sort of went beyond that and in the following lines I'll state why I give it the score that I will. This movie is about a retired CIA agent codenamed Sam (played by Robert De Niro) who joins a crew to steal a very precious briefcase, whom the Russian mob and the Irish mob are after. In this crew he has a friend by the name of Vincent (Jean Reno) who is just trying to make a buck as a hired gun. Their chief Deirdre (played to excellence by Natascha McElhone), the driver Larry (played by Skipp Sudduth), the gunman Spence (played by Sean Bean) and the technician Gergor (Stellan Skarsgard). Their mission is spelled out simple, get the briefcase at all costs before the Russian mob buys it.
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| Deirdre (Natascha McElhone) and Sam (Robert De Niro) sight seeing in the park near the hotel |
This movie features a heavy load of twists and turns but also a lot of great and well done chase scenes. Also things are portrayed more real. For instance in a chase scene down a tunnel in Paris when Seamus O'Rourke (Johnathan Pryce) shoots aimlessly at the pursuers cars he actually shoots civilians by mistake. This is something movies usually avoid. They usually pretend all the gunshots missed the huge crowd they were fired in and when this movie let you know where every bullet was shot it brought something to the table that I had never seen. For being a well acted movie it gets a 5. The action sequences and the well placed twists earns it a 4. And the one extra point that I always save for innovation or surprise is earned for the reason above. So overall I give this film a perfect 10 out of 10.
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