Rating of
3/4
Brillant cast, great story, purely entertaining.
TheWolf - wrote on 08/09/07
'Heist' is a heist movie that is more original then most others. It is about a couple of thieves who have to do one last job. The thieves are Joe Moore (Gene Hackman) and his wife Fran (Rebecca Pidgeon), Bobby Blane (Delroy Lindo) and Pinky (Ricky Jay). They are forced to do the job by Mickey Bergman (Danny De Vito), and for this last job he has sent his nephew Jimmy Silk (Sam Rockwell) with them. Joe was recorded by a surveillance camera last time so he must be extra careful.
The movie starts with the first job where Joe was recorded, which is a lot of fun to watch. Then we have the last job, which is pretty clever as well, and of course it can't end there. After a lot of plot twists we think the movie is finally over but there is one last twist. It doesn't matter really because most of the twist are predictable. Not in a way we see them coming miles away, but in a way they have to happen because the characters are like that and if they would not happen it would be strange.
This is an interesting story, with some unexpected elements (and some expected), and suspense. The lead actors are great. Danny DeVito seems to have a lot of fun with his role and Gene Hackman, Delroy Lindo and Sam Rockwell simply disappear in their characters. Written and directed by David Mamet this is a movie that will not bore you.
