In this film, a group of highly skilled jewel thieves is not paid for as they deserve more money for their work. These people are forced to make one last robbery for the man who deceived them and was not given the money. Things seem to be the same as these people don't trust anyone.
The movie is super fun, even if some of its tricks seem to strain credulity.
EmanuelLevy.Com
December 05, 2006
Structured as a trick within a trick within a trick, Mamet's latest contribution to film noir is a mildly entertaining crimer that nonetheless exposes his strenuous efforts to outsmart the audience.
We watch a movie like 'Heist' for the virtuosity of the execution, for the wit with which Mamet writes his way through the conventions, and the pleasure his actors take in chewing on his dialogue, in all of its repetition, shop talk, and artful profanity.
There's something offensive about how Mamet continues to win praise as a serious filmmaker with such a joyless picture, a picture that -- intentionally -- gives the audience so little.
This is a world not unlike superhero comics, only in this world the heroes have the superhuman ability to knock down buildings with a split-second comeback line.
Good Morning America
September 29, 2015
It's one of Mamet's best. It's also one of Hackman's best, most mercurial performances.
