Originally meant to be a straight-up drama film, this was adapted to suit Pryor's comedic talents. Thankfully though it isn't overdone and he doesn't ruin this like he helped ruin Superman 3 with the 'comedic' scenes in that. I think it would have been better written without the comedic elements but I still found this to be a quality movie about a Vietnam War P.O.W. returning home.

After getting into the recent 'Hitman Absolution' game, I thought it was finally time I got around to watching this. One thing video game adaptations should do is be somewhat true to the video games to reward fans. They haven't always done this way back to Super Mario. For anyone who hasn't played the games, the best way to succeed is to use stealth and carefully think about what you are doing. That is the first thing this doesn't do well, preferring shootouts. Timothy Olyphant seems miscast as well, I had trouble buying him as Agent 47 and it wasn't just his bald scalp. The games also feature deep storylines, probably more so than this movie. And then video games aren't art? I tell ya, more effort is put into video games than many films these days.

I enjoyed the beginning of this before the final 30 minutes or so where it seems like the brains of before just gets replaced with brawn and everything working perfectly for Sly and Arnie. I do enjoy prison films on the whole though, so I'm a bit biased with the genre. It does most things well enough, especially in the first half to three quarters.

I like to think that a good test on a film's quality is whether or not the viewer is checking their watch during the movie, and for 180minutes, I don't think the length is an issue at all as it moves along. Why I don't rate this higher is that it is exhausting to watch. Every scene Melora Walters is in is tough/annoying to watch. The same can be said with Julianne Moore multiplied by ten. It's a similar case for Earl Partridge. That doesn't leave much. Frank T.J. Mackey/Tom Cruise being interviewed, among other scenes of his are quality, but that's about it.

First hour: A group of materialistic horrible teens steal clothing/shoes/jewellery and money from celebrities' houses. Throughout most of these, Marc says "let's go" and doesn't want to do it. Rebecca says "it's fine." This shows us that Marc has some remorse and is being pushed along, while Rebecca is the architect of the robberies which offer no excitement... We also see these characters trying on clothing and partying in slow motion. More excitement. Final 30 minutes: They get caught, we hear some sob stories while they plead their innocence to the media, then they get sentenced. I don't know if it's just the way the characters interact with each other, or the acting is actually average, but Nicki (Emma Watson) in particular just comes off as trying too hard. They did sh** all jail time as well for what they did in real life to make it worse. Overall, I just didn't find much of this interesting at all and there isn't one likeable character in the film.