Diamond
Heist (2012/Cinedigm DVD)
Picture:
B- Sound: B- Extras: D Film: C-
Robert
Koltai & Eva Gardos' Diamond Heist (2012, also released
oddly, as Magic Boys) is paint by the numbers heist film
starring Michael Madsen and
Vinnie Jones that has some interesting action but an all too familiar
plot. Failing to capture a mainstream audience enough for a
theatrical run, the film pulls of Ocean's Eleven and even
Magic Mike a bit when it comes to plot points.
The
film follows a couple of different tacks, jumping between groups of
characters in order to bring them all to a quirky conclusion. The
first set, and most important, involves Zoli (Gyozo Szabo) and David
(Csaba Pindroch), two Hungarian guys bumbling their way through life
after getting fired from the champagne plant they both work at on the
same day.
That
place is owned by a big bad boss named Jack Varga (Vinnie Jones), a
man known for his ruthless ways, and eventually they accidentally
fall into one of Varga's schemes involving another bad guy in London
named Terence (Michael Madsen). Terence is throwing a birthday bash
with a bunch of male strippers, and since Varga knows Terence
smuggles diamonds into the country, he devises a heist where some of
Varga's strippers snatch the diamonds from under Terence's nose. A
waste of two leads and our time, plus the producer was arrested for
not making this film after tax breaks in Hungary.
Unfortunately,
they let him out of jail, then let him make it.
Sound
and Picture on the disc are standard for the DVD format boasting a
standard definition, anamorphically enhanced 2.35 X 1 picture
transfer and a lossy Dolby Digital 5.1 track. No extras on this
release.
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James Harland Lockhart V
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