Heist
Dir: David Mamet
2001
**
Gene Hackman is the big reason to watch David Mamet's 2001 Heist thriller. The rest of the cast are also on good form, Danny DeVito playing his role convincingly and appropriately without the humor you'd expect from him and Delroy Lindo plays it no nonsense like and unpredictably serious, as he does best. David Mamet however, has had better days. A Heist film should look good, this film looks mediocre. He is also a much better writer than this, or at least, you'd expect more visually from him, considering it is one of his own scripts. The beginning of the film promises so much but the ending is disappointing and wavers into forgettable territory. I wonder if this was around the time Hackman considered retirement and maybe the film had something to do with it, I can only speculate but I'm glad he ended his career with a couple more hits under his belt.