Golpe de Risco

Gotta be honest here, I turned it off about halfway through so I'll give it a five rating. Just in case it somehow switched the entire cast, the plot, the special effects guy, the script, the editor, the endless production companies and their credits and anything else connected with this movie. Miracles can happen.

I'll say one thing.. the movie is almost a throwback to 1950's big American studio productions set in Europe. You know the ones, they always featured swaggering laughing self-confident Americans doing wondrous things amidst the baffled and sluggish Europeans. As a sign of those times and American confidence, every one of those movies is unwatchable now.

I suspect in a few years as China pretty much takes over the world this movie will be seen as insightful into their viewpoint.

Overall story is a bit mediocre for my taste, I've seen the concept of the high class super thief before, which is fine, but Andy Lau brings nothing new to the formula. Well, except for being Andy Lau who I'm just staring to discover and really like. He's starred in better Asian cinema, however, Like another film he released this year, Shock wave which was impressive.

The formula has been done. Andy Lau plays an amazing thief, who wants to retire but first he goes after the holy grail of his career while a French police officer hunts him down like he's his Moby Dick.

Although if you are really into heist movies  no doubt this will get you going, but Despite how much I'm liking Andy Lau these days (The whole reason I went to see the movie), his performance or anyone else in the movie did not spark any interest for me.

This could be a ripoff of any action thriller film released in the last 25 years. Andy Lau and Jean Reno are wasted here and give their worst performance from what I have seen. Not even a single thing is there that hasn't been shown in another film in a much better way. A lot of the dialogues and situations were laughable or else simply predictable. It's Shu Qi that made the film a little bearable even though the character isn't well written. There were some decent chase sequences too but overall very lacklustre and there is no adventure here.

Here's The Lowedown on "The Adventurers" (NR - 2017 - China)...It's good to be free.

Genre: Action/Heist My Score: 6.7

Cast=8 Acting=8 Plot=7 Ending=8 Story=5 Violent=5 Pace=4 F/X=7 Heist=8 Chem=7

The world's top thieves join forces to pull off the heist of a lifetime. But when they find themselves pursued across Europe by a legendary French detective, they'll have to take their game to the next level.

"Just because you're out of prison doesn't mean you're really free." This was a pretty solid heist movie with a good cast. I had some pace issues in the middle and it had a strange half Mandarin / half English dialogue. I think they could have shaved about 10 minutes out of the middle and the pace would be better. It was still a fun movie, just not quite as much as I hoped.

Legendary actor Jean reno(león the profesional a classic movie,ronin,crimson rivers,wasabi,the squad) creates a likable, sympathetic carácter in this international production movie. This is necessary for the comic relief of the movie. The camera-work was particularly masterful - creative, meticulous high level production.. There are few a particular cool action scenes towards the climax that are amazing.The international cast are part of the experience. Yes, there are some credibility factors but it is after all only a movie.The producers should produce a sequel to this great movie