Basically this film centers on just two actors, Donald Sutherland and Larry Mullen Jr.
As we all know, Donald is a seasoned veteran but U2 guy Larry is new to cinema, and boy does it show.
I guess Donald has about 3,000 pages of dialogue here to Larry's one page. Larry's excuse is that he is playing a guy (we never know his name) who doesn't say much, although he's on screen nearly as much as Donald.
Basically the movie is about Larry (known as the thief) who arrives in town straight off a train and makes an accidental acquaintance with a Professor, played by Sutherland. Bizarrely, the professor invites the thief to stay at his home, while the thief secretly plans a robbery at a local bank.
It's a very slow film that never picks up speed. Donald acts his socks off, but Larry is so quiet and dull, the film hardly makes an impact.
Without Sutherland this film would have bombed. With a different actor playing the thief it might have been better.
I give it 5/10 because of Sutherland but the movie really doesn't deserve it.
As we all know, Donald is a seasoned veteran but U2 guy Larry is new to cinema, and boy does it show.
I guess Donald has about 3,000 pages of dialogue here to Larry's one page. Larry's excuse is that he is playing a guy (we never know his name) who doesn't say much, although he's on screen nearly as much as Donald.
Basically the movie is about Larry (known as the thief) who arrives in town straight off a train and makes an accidental acquaintance with a Professor, played by Sutherland. Bizarrely, the professor invites the thief to stay at his home, while the thief secretly plans a robbery at a local bank.
It's a very slow film that never picks up speed. Donald acts his socks off, but Larry is so quiet and dull, the film hardly makes an impact.
Without Sutherland this film would have bombed. With a different actor playing the thief it might have been better.
I give it 5/10 because of Sutherland but the movie really doesn't deserve it.