Four law-abiding men, war heroes no less, are drawn by circumstance into committing an armed robbery. There's Mike, the boxer who just fought his last fight. Joe, desperately trying to move his English wife to the US and away from the clutches of her clinging mother. Eddie, the US Air Force Sergeant with a wandering wife. Last but certainly not least there's Rave, the "gentleman" who squanders any money he gets and has been cut off by his father.
Interesting enough but looked set to fizzle out to nothingness at one stage. It started well enough, introducing the four main characters and their reasons for taking this drastic course of action. Problem is, the background/setup stage is overdone: it ends up taking up about 75% of the film! Some details and developments could easily have been left out without starving the audience of information or reducing the quality of the film.
The final Act - the robbery - is great though and makes a profound, poignant point too. You just have to get through some tedium to get to it though.
Interesting enough but looked set to fizzle out to nothingness at one stage. It started well enough, introducing the four main characters and their reasons for taking this drastic course of action. Problem is, the background/setup stage is overdone: it ends up taking up about 75% of the film! Some details and developments could easily have been left out without starving the audience of information or reducing the quality of the film.
The final Act - the robbery - is great though and makes a profound, poignant point too. You just have to get through some tedium to get to it though.