Whilst admittedly I did not have a great deal of expectations, it seemed that my judgement had failed me, or so was the case in the beginning and for much of the start.
The acting was good, the sequences well made and the plot delivery surrounding the robbery was very believable unlike what we see in many similar films. This remained the case until the gang had a fallout as they were escaping.
In the time following this sequence, the film somehow fell flat and action was reduced to zero. Whereas the storyline never remained idle it ceased to be an action film up until almost the concluding 30 minutes, perhaps even less.
The shortness of steam aside, another letdown in this film is the part of Jennifer Lopez. This was more the case than the rather exaggerated survival skills of Jason Statham. How can someone who appears to be so dim witted and yet ends up being crucial to a suave criminal is just laughable, not to mention the bit were her mother started treating a badly bleeding stranger whom she found in her bathroom.
A movie that has things going for it, has been ultimately let down by poor execution.
The acting was good, the sequences well made and the plot delivery surrounding the robbery was very believable unlike what we see in many similar films. This remained the case until the gang had a fallout as they were escaping.
In the time following this sequence, the film somehow fell flat and action was reduced to zero. Whereas the storyline never remained idle it ceased to be an action film up until almost the concluding 30 minutes, perhaps even less.
The shortness of steam aside, another letdown in this film is the part of Jennifer Lopez. This was more the case than the rather exaggerated survival skills of Jason Statham. How can someone who appears to be so dim witted and yet ends up being crucial to a suave criminal is just laughable, not to mention the bit were her mother started treating a badly bleeding stranger whom she found in her bathroom.
A movie that has things going for it, has been ultimately let down by poor execution.