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Starring Kim Basinger, Val Kilmer. This is a caper movie and I like a good caper. Kim Basinger is a smart, high-tech bank robber, just out of jail, who is being blackmailed to rob another bank. The movie follows the action around the mapping, planning and carrying out of the crime and does so pretty well.A slight brick wall is hit with Kim's devotion to her young son, there being just too much time spent with her starring at him, allowing the viewer to think, "Wow, she's just such a good parent," ignoring the fact that she's both a criminal and has spent the last six years of her life inside the cage. While I can overlook that, I just can't overlook the guy masterminding the robbery. If I were to tell you that there was a character who lived in a seventy five room mansion in the country surrounding Atlanta, and whose passions included collecting classic cars and feeding the Bengal tigers he owns and allows to roam around on his property, would you think of a bank robber? I sure wouldn't, and I sure don't think he'd risk the rest of his life in prison for another couple million dollars. Hyperbole allows me to equate this situation with Bill Gates robbing a 7-11 after hours. Bottom line, the main bad guy's sort of unbelievable, but once the deviant in you gets intrigued with the robbery, you forget about it, and are glued to the events unfolding before you on the small screen. Val Kilmer's along for the ride as well as a small time crook that befriends/hits on Kim. If you're looking for a good caper movie, you've hit paydirt here. Just keep a wary eye on the sentimental elements the director felt necessary to throw in; if the alarms don't get you, the custody battle for her son might.
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