Edward Pierce determines to fulfill the most dangerous heist in his life which is to steal a fortune in gold bars. He must team up with his beautiful girlfriend and a safecracker to make his plan come true.
he climactic heist of the gold, with Mr. Connery climbing atop the moving railroad cars, ducking under bridges just before a possible decapitation, is marvelous action footage that manages to be very funny as it takes your breath away.
Film4
May 24, 2003
Amiable enough, but as heist films go this is well below average.
The characters stay largely undeveloped, while -- despite superficially peculiar features -- the robbery is stripped of the ingenious exposition of the novel.
Crichton is after a giggly quality as if it's being told as a pub yarn, soaked in exaggeration and acute trickery to defeat impossible hurdles, while never far from redoubtable moral lesson.
Excellent period film featuring great performances by Connery and Sutherland. Crichton's direction builds some very tense moments, particularly in the execution of the robbery, but the movie isn't too serious to throw in an occasional gag. Deserves to be
Lessons of Darkness
May 03, 2005
Imbued with the spirit of the '60s and '70s counterculture.