[bjarmson]

A Michael Mann film. Pretty good, and a top flight cast, but the ending wrecks the film. De Niro's pro thief, who spends the whole film talking about how you have to be able to just walk away from anything without a qualm (even aborts a job in mid-heist because he suddenly suspects Pacino and the cops are hip), instead of just disappearing into the night, returns to an obvious trap just to gun down the rat-snitch, c'mon. Completely out of character, but you "have to have" the Hollywood-style final bonding scene between the two "old pros," Pacino and De Niro. I suggest you check out an earlier effort "Thief" with James Caan. Maybe Mann's masterpiece.