The Real McCoy
They said there wasn't a man on earth who could pull off a bank job like this. They were right.
After six long years in prison for a foiled bank robbery, legendary criminal Karen McCoy (Basinger) wants nothing more than to turn her life around. But her hopes are soon shattered: No one will hire her; she's stuck with a sleazy parole officer, and her ex-husband has told their son that she's dead. To make matters worse, crime lord Jack Schmidt is forcing her to pull off a seemingly impossible $18 million bank job with the full knowledge that once she hands over the cash, she's history.
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Falls flat - thenewguy
Going into this film I had thought I was going to see a comedy mixed with bank-heist suspense. Sadly, the film delivers neither. There is little to no humour in this movie, despite some potential set ups and there is very little suspense. Not from lack of setting, scoping and breaking into a bank with lives on the line and police buzzing about should be good action material. However, the dialogue feels terrible forced and flat. There are some great actors in this film, but most of them deliver lines like they're ordering pizza.
Though the story deals with a woman trying to save her child by robbing a bank, again with police nearby, there's no feeling of tension. The robbers show no signs of alarm at being cornered and the police so no interest in catching them. Much of the plot revolves around a man forcing McCoy into robbing a bank, but it's obvious he already has a huge amount of money. He has tigers for pets, a huge mansion, hired goons, lots of toys and three million in cash sitting in his home safe. It's never explained why he wants to rob a bank other than he's "the bad guy".
Basinger does as well as she can with what is on the table, but her "touching scenes" are rushed through to get to the action.Typical American knock-off failure - geekmama
The original English film, Bellman and True, had all the thrill of a great, and creative, heist film, with real subtlety of character development. It was so much better than The Real McCoy. I don't know why the film industry is so keen to dumb down great films with lackluster remakes. (I guess the Cockney accent was a stumbling block for North American ears.) This inability to capture what made it great applies to other films, like The Vanishing (an absolutely devastating Dutch/French film.) It would be great if you could indicate when films are remakes of foreign films.
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Falls flat - thenewguy
Going into this film I had thought I was going to see a comedy mixed with bank-heist suspense. Sadly, the film delivers neither. There is little to no humour in this movie, despite some potential set ups and there is very little suspense. Not from lack of ...Typical American knock-off failure - geekmama
The original English film, Bellman and True, had all the thrill of a great, and creative, heist film, with real subtlety of character development. It was so much better than The Real McCoy. I don't know why the film industry is so keen to dumb down great ...