| RATING: | 60% |
| FORMAT: | Cinema |
A story of everyday criminality and the volitional reasons for its existence.
The ducking-‘n’-diving central character is a model of the avoidance of honest toil at the financial expense of others.
A movie about trust that shows there’s no honour among thieves (because of the non-existence of enforceable contracts) and precious little among the so-called honest citizens.
The problem here is with the plot-heaviness which squeezes out any genuine chracterization; albeit that the actors do the best they can with this fundamental weakness.
The con man here becomes increasingly desperate as obstacles pile-up between himself and a US$750,000 finder’s fee for a rare (fake) banknote; leading to unpleasant filial revelations. So much so that you begin to lose sight of just who’s conning whom.
The acting is first-class and the plot surprising - they both need to be because the twist ending is, in many ways, obvious and these two qualities are cleverly used to misdirect you until the final moment of truth.
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