The dialogue is so unnatural in this subpar thriller it grates; some of it registers like it’s been lifted from another of the writer’s scripts and shoehorned in just because it sounded cool. There are many (too many) moments of characters shouting at one another in an attempt to up the drama, but the result is probably not what the filmmakers intended: exasperating.
It’s not much of a heist and this would have at least provided a dazzling centrepiece but the film is more interested in leaden dialogue exchanges disguising a by-the-numbers robbery.
Gene Hackman is the reason to watch it. Without the lad, this flick is indistinguishable from its brethren.
Wanderings and ... wonderings. 