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has anyone seen this movie?


tell me what it's like.

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Film is so-so.
Sutherland is good, plot is not.
Better see the Gene Hackman's Heist.
My question - what song played during the robbery?
Is it Donna Summer's?

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Yes, I saw it. I really liked it. It's based on the Lufthansa heist which is one of the central elements of Goodfellas but this deals more with just the heist itself. In Goodfellas Henry Hill is the main character since it's based on his testimony but in this film he's one of the supporting characters. It's much more about Jimmy Burke (the basis for the character Robert Deniro plays in goodfellas). Burke is a relatively well respected Irish robber who has worked with some big time mobs in his day. He gets this chance to do this big score which will set him and his son, the other major character, up for life. In contrast to Goodfellas which makes the gang out to be major players, this movie portrays them as small time hoods who get this one chance at a major score. Most of the gange is portrayed as pretty incompetent other than Burke. Afterwards they go into a fair amount of detail of Burke trying to insulate himself and his son from responsibility for the robbery both from the police and the mob. The other major character is an FBI agent who has chased Burke for a long time and now is after him for the Lufthansa heist

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I saw it years ago, It was a good movio, not that great, only good, by the way do you know what song is playing in the beginning of the movie?

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We all seem to be hunting for the soundtrack! (Best part of the film? ;-) )

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