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Score, TheScore, The (2001)
Dir. Frank Oz
Feat. Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, Edward Norton
Slick but perfunctory caper–comedy with Marlon Brando luring heist–specialist Robert De Niro into a ‘big score’ with Edward…
Gone in 60 SecondsGone in 60 Seconds (2000)
Dir. Dominic Sena
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Angelina Jolie, Robert Duvall
A Jerry Bruckheimer remake of a cult 1974 film about car–thieves, with Nicolas Cage and Angelina Jolie boosting and revving–up a variety…
Reindeer GamesReindeer Games (2000)
Dir. John Frankenheimer
Feat. Ben Affleck, Gary Sinise, Charlize Theron
Parolee Ben Affleck may wish he was back in his cell after impersonating his dead cellmate and landing in various spots of leftover bother, namely…
Where the Money IsWhere the Money Is (2000)
Dir. Marek Kanievska
Feat. Paul Newman, Linda Fiorentino, Dermot Mulroney
A still–charismatic Paul Newman is an aged bank–robber esconsed in a nursing home after suffering a stroke, though his nurse Linda…
Earthly Possessions (1999)
Dir. James Lapine
Feat. Susan Sarandon, Stephen Dorff
Bored housewife Susan Sarandon, who is planning to leave her husband, gets mixed up in a bank robbery instigated by Stephen Dorff and becomes his…
EntrapmentEntrapment (1999)
Dir. Jon Amiel
Feat. Sean Connery, Catherine Zeta-Jones
Veteran cat burglar Sean Connery meets his match in insurance investigator Catherine Zeta–Jones in this glossy fusion of international heist…
PupsPups (1999)
Dir. Ash
Feat. Burt Reynolds
A frustrated thirteen–year–old comes across the family firearm, prompting him to hold up the local bank with his reluctant girlfriend in…
Running Out of TimeRunning Out of Time (1999)
Dir. Johnnie To
Feat. Andy Lau, Lau Ching-wan
A crackingly–paced, plot–bending Yin–Yang heist drama, with terminally–ill master jewel thief Andy Lau playing against the…
Body CountBody Count (1998)
Dir. Robert Patton-Spruill
Feat. David Caruso, Linda Fiorentino, John Leguizamo
Derivative thriller following a group of thieves coping with the aftermath of a botched museum heist. RESERVOIR DOGS with a B–list cast, but…
Jackie BrownJackie Brown (1998) Recommended
Dir. Quentin Tarantino
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Robert De Niro, Pam Grier
Quentin Tarantino follows–up the fireworks of PULP FICTION with a laidback ode to lowlife dreamers and schemers that reclines comfortably into…

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