Blueprint for Robbery

This surprisingly good and taut thriller took me completely by surprise; I had no prior knowledge of either the film itself or most of the actors involved. It moves along at pace with a crisp dialogue and characters we can warm to and empathise with; I had not even heard of Jay Barney before but he is a.real presence here - tough, charismatic and at the same time loyal and principled. His close son/father relationship with "Pop" underpins the whole movie and the ultimate dilemma faced in the final act is touching.

A shame that the producers at the time didn't allow a little more budget to flesh out some plot developments and narrative as it leaps forward but overall a most satisfying example of that much-loved genre, the "Caper movie "