POSITIVES…
Still waiting for another Ocean's 11 to get your heist movie fix? Maybe this one will help a little with that.
Pacing is good, and it's exciting enough to possibly keep your interest to see things through.
Liked that whole huge set piece involving scanning stuff. That was fun.
It's Davos Seaworth! I mean Liam Cunningham! I like that actor, and he's good in this too.
On that subject, along with Liam Cunningham, the rest of the cast, which includes Freddie Highmore, Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey, Sam Riley, Luis Tosar, Axel Stein, and José Coronado, are all solid in the roles given to them.
There were some good small character moments here and there that were nice. Especially the ones involving Luis Tosar as Simon.
I like having the 2010 World Cup Finals as the backdrop to this premise.
This is a perfectly straight forward heist movie, that's perfectly acceptable for what it's going for, and is perfectly fine. If you're okay with watching something comfortably familiar, then you should like this.
NEGATIVES…
It's comfortably familiar. Not everybody wants that. What else can be said. It's a more or less standard heist movie, that doesn’t exactly stand out in the crowd.
Clichés, contrivances, tropes, and conveniences. All there. Prepare to roll your eyes when the movie gets to them.
Speaking of conveniences. I present to you the character of Thom. No talk about Marty Stu now.
There's an angle here where it romanticizes engineers and engineering, but it doesn't completely capitalize on that idea as much as you would have hoped.
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