While it is a fairly standard heist movie in many respects, the cast is amazing -- Chiwetel Ejiofor, Casey Affleck, Anthony Mackie, Woody Harrelson, Aaron Paul, Kate Winselt, Gal Gadot, Clifton Collins, and even small parts from Norman Reedus and Michael Kenneth Williams. The cinematography (Nicolas Karakatsanis) and editing (Dylan Tichenor) are both solid and done by folks who have worked on really impressive projects.
The project had a lot going for it, but was both a box office disappointment ($23.4 million on a $20 million budget) and didn't get a ton of love critically. It seemed to be going for more of a realistic or stylized realism like Heat (including the play of day / night scenes and the atmospheric moments as the crew process their situation). The action scenes are taught and well directed, the world feels real (humid and complicated), but the characters never seem to quite develop and the film never really seems to deliver a payoff.
I like the movie, but I don't love it. Just wondering if anyone had thoughts as to what held this movie back.
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