Rating of
3/4
Sneakers review
Daniel Corleone - wrote on 10/30/12
Despite its being dated in terms of technology, its still an entertaining clever ride with loveable characters. Martin Brice aka. Martin Bishop (Redford) has a team consisting of Donald Crease (Poitier), a former CIA officer, Darryl "Mother" Roskow (Aykroyd), has technical skills; Carl (Pheonix) a young genius and Erwin "Whistler" Emory (Strathairn), a blind phone expert with impeccable sense of hearing. They try to recover a "black box" that can break any code. The soundtrack was scintillating, scenes well created/innovative and humor was spot on. Better direction/screenplay, a small background about the group and a simpler plot could have made this so much greater than Oceans 11 or an Italian Job. Some characters prolonged the film though a surprise cameo at the end was worth it to add to the comical scenes. Performances from the artists were unquestionable and it was saddening to see the potential of Phoenix and never see his greatness while Poitier was solid. Some great lines: Cosmo - "...money's most powerful ability is to allow bad people to continue doing bad things at the expense of those who don't have it." "It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information." and Whistler - "I want peace on earth and goodwill toward men." Sneakers works in all aspects if it were not so intricate with the details and just made it simpler. The intent however in line with power of information and the purpose of doing good was well presented.
