Snatch : by Guy Ritchie

Snatch is the follow up to the movie Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels ... and ...

Guy Ritchie disappoints me big time with repetitive drama and heist plot.

The Oasis in the Desert .. is

Mickey O'Neill played by Brad Pitt is the surprise package , the guy can act ... with a terrific Irish Accent.

Rating : 2.0/5.0

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels : by Guy Ritchie

Guy Ritchie is considered to be an innovative man behind the camera and he proves it with Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.

The premise of the film revolves around 4 separate gangs working at tandem for a Stock of Money and an antique pair of Gun Barrels worth a fortune.

4 guys decide to pull of a coup on a gangster in a card game and pool in a huge sum to allow Eddie , the gambler of the group beat Hatchet at his own game.

The quartet find themselves in a soup when Eddie loses and they are in debt.

Meanwhile there is a race to get hold of two antique barrels, and this maze of gang-war and heist stories puts the cinegoer in splits.

The theatrics in the movie are simply outrageous , a typical comedy-of-errors , hilarity at its best!!

Best Moment of the Film : The Penultimate Scene ( last 15 minutes of the film are awesome!!)

Rating : 4.0/5.0

The Italian Job : by F. Gary Gray

Italian Job is yet another heist movie which I have seen lately and it does disappoint a wee bit.

The premise of the movie starts in Venice , where in a team of 5 pull-off a sensational vault robbery planned to perfection!!

The events take a turn when the gold in the vault is snapped up by an avaricious member, Mark WahlBerg taking the plunge of planning out a revenge.

Charlize Theron , plays a vault deciphering specialist with the common goal of taking out the villiany out of Edward Norton.

The planning gone into the robbery in the second half of the reels is incredibly thought of.

Some of the high points of the film were :

1. Use of Mini Coopers as their heist vehicles!!
2. Tracking the truck carrying the gold worth 37 million!!
3. The Climax blows the audience out

The downside of the film : Getting access to the US vehicular traffic control system was far-fetched!!!

No novelty for me after Ocean's Eleven,Twelve,Thirteen and The Inside Man!

Rating : 3.0/5.0

Ocean's Thirteen : by Steven Soderbergh

Oceans' back with a bang ... Steven Soderbergh .. Take a bow!

The movie takes us back to the wit ,class, style of Ocean's Eleven which was somewhat missing in twelve .

George Clooney backs his team yet again with a vengeance in mind against an eccentric and arrogant multi-millionaire casino big-wig.

The objective is simple : Heist at all costs , Catching the big fish , Meticulous Planning , No Loopholes , Hit the enemy hard and strong

In all of this the masquerade tickles the funny bone of the cinegoer with unassuming confidence of Ocean and his team.

The methodology followed is just par-excellence with every minute details covered for instance :

1. Ending the feud in the dice factory
2. Having centerpieces at the Casino positioned on the day of the big night
3. Earthquake Simulation
4. Making a hash of the FBI Criminal Search Portal

Watching AlPacino back in action was a privilege as the ambitious casino ruler. Brad Pitt and George Clooney's chemistry is just sparkling driving the team through it all.

The Oprah Winfrey track had my stomach aching ... just the subtle dialogues by both of them made my day!!

Anything missing ?!? Yeah , where are the girls ???????? No Catherine , No Julia ...

Nevertheless , 13 is indeed lucky this season .. Applause :) :) :) ...

Watch it for absolute satirical comedy and finesse of the set of actors ...

Rating : 4.5/5.0

Inside Man : by Spike Lee

Inside Man is one of the finest movies released this year marking the genre of "HEIST" a kick.
The biggest strength of the movie is its breakneck speed and taunt screenplay.

Clive Owen's introduction scene in the first 5 minutes establishes the wit of schemy bank robber. Denzel Washington yet again excels as a semi-corrupt detective challenging the hostage situation head-on in the movie.

The robbery mastermind is always one-up on the detectives and the cops with the surprise intention of not killing or robbing anyone !!

As the plot unfolds , enter Jodie Foster aka Madeleine White a power broker who reveals that this one is not an ordinary robbery. Clandestine sub-plots make the movie exciting and keeps you on tenterhooks.

129 minutes of pure thrill, suspense and drama culminates with a superbly executed finale.

Special Mention :

"A.R Rahman makes us proud with "CHAIYYAN CHAIYYAN" played in the credits!!!!!!!"

Rating : 3.5/5.0