Bandits
Originally posted a long time ago on Paul’s Reviews Page
I’ll be rating movies on a three zone, 5-star scale. Each movie will be rated
on “Visual Appeal”, “Audio Appeal” and “Story Appeal”. Each of these three
zones can be rated up to 5 stars (or asterisks…. they load faster than
.GIFs)
Bandits
V: ****
A: ***
S: ****
Synopsis: An incarcerated pair of bank robbers breaks out of prison, takes on a “voluntary hostage” and develops a reputation as “The Sleepover Bandits”.
Thoughts: I’ll try not to give too much of the movie away… Barry Levinson hit quite a home run on this one. The movie opens as we learn The Sleepover Bandits have been killed in a bloody gunbattle while attempting to rob an LA bank. From there, we enjoy a brief “America’s Most Wanted”-like expose on The Sleepover Bandits, which leads us into their story, starting the day of their prison break and ending where we started.
The story is a rollercoaster full of stuff that’s hard to reconcile emotionally; things that you think you should feel bad about, but you end up laughing about… or vice-versa… All-in-all a solid film with a great twist at the end.