Synopsis
Joe Moore has a job he loves. He's a thief. His job goes sour when he gets caught on security camera tape. His fence, Bergman, reneges on the money he's owed, and his wife may be betraying him with the fence's young lieutenant. Moore and his partner, Bobby Blane, and their utility man, Pinky Pincus, find themselves broke, betrayed, and blackmailed. Moore is forced to commit his crew to do one last big job.
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Cast
- Gene HackmanJoe Moore
- Danny DeVitoMickey Bergman
- Delroy LindoBobby 'Bob' Blane
- Sam RockwellJimmy Silk
- Rebecca PidgeonFran Moore
- Ricky JayDon 'Pinky' Pincus
- Patti LuPoneBetty Croft
- Alan BilzerianFast Food Customer
- Richard L. FriedmanCounterman
- Robert LussierFast Food Cook
Recommendations
- 90
Washington Post
Mamet loves two things: scams and dialogue. This movie is rich with both. - 88
Chicago Sun-Times
The kind of caper movie that was made before special effects replaced wit, construction and intelligence. This movie is made out of fresh ingredients, not cake mix. Despite the twists of its plot, it is about its characters. - 80
Slate
With an actor as great as Gene Hackman in the lead, a lot of scenes even breathe. - 75
New York Post
A muscular, endlessly twisty homage to film noir capers like "The Asphalt Jungle." - 70
Village Voice
Heist is a neat, bouncy, minor-key crime procedural that shakes no rafters. Glorious, freestanding Mametisms are dropped into it like beef hunks into clear soup. - 63
Philadelphia Inquirer
Hackman's in it a lot, and he is, as almost always, great fun. - 60
TV Guide Magazine
Solidly entertaining and surprisingly free of the Mamet-isms that can suck the life right out of the most tightly crafted story. - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
Even a mediocre David Mamet movie is still a David Mamet movie. That means there are lines to savor, partly because the lines are so good, partly because they are so Mamet.
