- DIRECTOR:
John Frankenheimer
- ACTORS:
Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone, Stellan Skarsgård, Sean Bean, Jonathan Pryce, Skipp Sudduth, Michael Lonsdale
- PLOT:
A crew of thieves hired by an anonymous Irish backer tries to steal a mysterious case before a group of Russians can acquire it.
- EVALUATION:
In my best imitation of a Sun Tzu quote: It is better to fall short of being a great movie than to have no such ambitions in the first place.
- WRITING:
Slightly beneath the high level of acting talent, but occasionally witty and never bad.
- FILMING:
The camera moves a little too fast through some terrific French scenery but at exactly the right speed in the film's many astounding car chases.
- BEST PART:
Random Michael Lonsdale painting miniatures is great, but the award goes to the car chase in which two vehicles are clearly driving the wrong direction in actual traffic.
- TRIVIA:
Katarina Witt plays the world-famous ice skater, which makes a certain amount of sense.
- STINGER:
Robert De Niro takes Sean Bean out with coffee.
