starring James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Robert Prosky
written and directed by Michael Mann
123 minutes
Ex-con and somewhat successful jewel thief Frank (James Caan), doesn't like taking orders from anyone. Leo (Robert Prosky) wants Frank to work for him. Frank turns down Leo's lucrative offer until after he meets Jesse (Tuesday Weld). Frank wants to build a life with Jesse. He needs money to make that happen so he accepts Leo's offer.
Frank and his friend Barry pull a big time heist with some help from Leo, who agreed to pay him his end in cash. Leo reneges on his deal. Frank only gets ten percent of what he was promised in cash. Things just get worse from there. Frank can't stand the thought of working for Leo on an ongoing basis. He decides that something has to be be done about it.
James Belushi played the part of Barry, his first major film role. I've seen him in numerous films including The Man with One Red Shoe (1985), About Last Night... (1986), and Red Heat (1988) but this is the first movie of his that I have seen recently.
This movie is good but not great. I felt that the scenes involving Frank and Jesse fell a bit flat. The rest of the movie was good but lacking something special that would make it truly memorable in my book. Worth a watch if you like heist films but I wouldn't put it at or near the top of my list.
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