Juego de ladrones

La película comienza con un grupo de ladrones enmascarados que asaltan un coche blindado. Aparentemente un trabajo bien hecho hasta que uno de ellos se pone nervioso y dispara a uno de los testigos, lo que provoca una gran masacre (¿No le resulta familiar?). Entonces llega a la escena un grupo de policías, liderados por un duro comandante que tiene problemas familiares a causa de su absorbente trabajo, y su mujer le hace pasar un mal rato (¿todavía no le suena?). Luego se alternan escenas de la vida personal de los personajes, de las vigilancias policiales, de la planificación del robo, y mientras tanto se desarrolla una extraña relación entre el ladrón y el policía. Al robo del título le sigue un estrepitoso y largo tiroteo final entre policías y ladrones, que termina con un duelo entre los dos antagonistas principales, y para entonces el espectador tiene que apretar los dientes, porque esto va mucho más allá de inspirarse Heat, ¡es un auténtico plagio! Y para colmo, y para que no se pueda acusar a los realizadores de copiar completamente sola una película, los últimos diez minutos se dedican a copiar otro conocido thriller de los años 90, ¡para variar! Pero a nadie parece importarle demasiado. Juego de ladrones: El atraco perfecto como película tiene un buen nivel técnico, las escenas de acción son estupendas y los actores son decentes, pero la burda copia no se puede pasar por alto. Gudegast hace un plagio. (08.06.2018)

Una revelación comparada con las obras de Butler sobre la protección de los presidentes estadounidenses. Un drama criminal sucio con policías duros que operan como gangsters y malos que parecen matones de la cárcel, pero que también saben estar un paso por delante de la ley. Buena idea de guion con el principal atraco a un banco (su escenario), y con nutridos tiroteos realistas. Copia mucho el clásico Heat, pero después de más de veinte años, y lo que es más importante: si es una versión de serie B, es una buena versión de serie B. (24.12.2019)

Gudegast has a real weakness for the duo of crime classics from the year 95. And he doesn't even try to hide it, in other words, he does his best to imitate them, from stylization to the course to individual twists. Yes, it is a “wannabe" tribute to the two classic movies made by a routine guy with no inventiveness more than anything else, but even such a second-rate non-original genre move can make you happy. And the movie is really good at it, because it hit exactly the pure essence of uncompromising macho rough crime movies. It just slightly slavishly copied scenes from the original movies, so you always know “what´s going on and what to expect". The movie should have been a little bit shorter and should have skipped Nick's family vicissitudes (they're not bad, but annoyingly clichéd and useless because nothing comes out of them), because they just obstruct an otherwise entirely nice and straightforward spectacle. It is exactly that type of manly movies, for which we used to go to video rentals in the 1990s. Moreover, this one is so good that it could almost keep up with the competition at the time. (06.01.2019)

The script has more holes than a Swiss cheese, which you can see especially during the well narrated heist and then the final twist, which is anything but clever, even though it wanted to be something like The Usual Suspects. And what do we have otherwise? A clash of two strong personalities and a story that relies on atmosphere rather than action, which we only see at the beginning and the very end. So it's a kind of second-rate Heat, and Butler is no Al Pacino, Schreiber is nowhere near a DeNiro-type personality and Gudegast can’t hold a candle to Mann. But if don’t compare, then the emphasis on the characters, the slower pace, the atmospheric realities of L.A., and the ultra-macho Butler as we want to see him, all sat well enough with me and I'll give the four slightly overrated stars, despite the botched twist. (16.05.2018)

A perfect affair after a long time! Gerard Butler plays another great, tough anti-hero, and I don't think he's had a better role since Law Abiding Citizen (it's a shame this dude does comedies, these movies suit him!). There's a great bunch of thieves, all ex-Marines, capable, intelligent, solidly equipped, who plan to rob a bank that no one has ever managed to rob before. There's less action, but when it gets down to it, it's gritty shootouts that with perfect sound, feel gritty and real, and most importantly, strategic. Butler entertained me a lot with his performance and he played the gangster cop brilliantly. Suspenseful, well shot, well thought out with an unexpected twist at the end, with the highlight of course being the bank robbery itself, which left me holding my breath. A proper guy’s flick. 85%. (12.04.2018)