Based on the talk and hype around this I expected more. It never reaches a real high point or great climax at all. I've seen a number of Jennifer Lopez movies and I don't see the fuss there either. She has acted well in many other films. It amazed me that they weren't all imprisoned in real life for what they did.

Some of the castings aside, I don't understand the positive reception this has. The plot is thin, little occurs in it, it's predictable, Mercedes Ruehl is one of the most annoying characters that has been put on screen and it mixes comedy and drama but it doesn't do either that well.

I was immersed in this thanks to some of the harrowing scenes, the empathy the movie made me feel towards the portrayed victims and the hatred towards its villains. The final act had a Home Alone feel to it and felt like an easy way to end the film in a way but it was enjoyable nonetheless.

The first 2/3s isn't bad and I was enjoying this. I was thinking 3.5/5. The final third, which is basically a dream (looking into the future), becomes a standard shoot 'em up fest and is weak. 3-2.5/5

A bank robbery goes wrong as the thief, Ned Perry, played by Martin Short, tries to use a recently released felon, Lucas, played by Nick Nolte, who was incarcerated for bank robbery, as a hostage to escape. From there the film is about Ned being with his daughter, the relationship between the three, evading the police and finding a way to safety. The police are fairly stupid in this allowing the fugitives to be fugitives for most of the film. There are moments of laughter, including the ending, and heart, involving Ned's daughter, but it's fairly predictable and gets a bit repetitive. 2.5-3/5