GRAND SLAM is a slow-moving Italian heist flick with a great cast and an exotic Brazilian setting. It should be better than it is, but as it stands it's a film let down by a real lack of focus and too many sub-plots which just drag things down, like a romantic interlude that feels like it belongs in a different movie. It's a shame, because key players here include Edward G. Robinson, Adolfo Celi, Janet Leigh, Robert Hoffman and Klaus Kinski, and watching them interact is fun in itself. It only really comes to life in the last half an hour or so, as the pacing before then is just way too slow. I did like the dark but inevitable climax, however.
Review of Grand Slam
