Director : Richard Shepard
Running Time : 94 mins
Following a twelve year stint in jail, safe-cracker Dom Hemingway (Law) is released back into the community where, with the help of his best friend Dickie Black (Grant), he tracks down Ivan Fontaine (Bichir), his former boss who he refused to grass up to the cops. Demanding a payout for keeping silent, Hemingway is paid off by Fontaine but loses the money which is stolen by Fontaine’s girlfriend following a car accident. Hemingway then sets out to prove himself once more as the country’s best safe-cracker.
There’s something not quite right about his movie. I’m only really a fan of movies where the hero is a villain if they are a loveable villain, but Hemingway to me is not very likeable at all. Law does his best with what passes for a witty script, but the wit and charm feel far too forced for my liking and make this movie drag out for far too long until it reaches its somewhat anti-climactic conclusion.
You’ll like this if you liked : Bronson
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