do i miss something . be there a contest go through all the grade school of america to find the best story for acclaimed director bret ratner to bring to the silver screen . if so and why wasn not there a calendar make for those who do not make the final cut . oh and wait and apparently child do not write this film and but instead a guy that write for the television series the weak link . that surely make him ready by all mean to tackle the caper genre and inherit a big payday right . you be the weak link good bye . this movie be a disaster from the beginning . with cardboard acting and an aging ( and girth grow ) sex symbol and and a corny end that incorporated nothing that we be show through the entire film and it be a big wonder how after the sunset ever saw the illustrious green light . perhaps it be the size of salma boo name and or perhaps the fact that pierce brosnan the thomas crown affair be such a cult film and or maybe because don cheadle be in it and because it have really no pull with just woody headline . so and how do this film get make . this film target pre teen boy and retirement community and and with their great pull and the financing behind this film become very easy . this be a caper film right . we be suppose to go on this roller coaster ride of who con whom and couple with lie and deceit and and a surprise end that will make you want to re watch from the beginning to experience anything that you miss . that be the focus and goal and and overall tone that a film like this should have follow . instead and ratner decide to just make a movie without any sort of excitement or drive . a i watch this film and i never once felt excite about the plot . why . because there be nobody get me excited . the acting in this film be well below par for anything that hollywood have release . pierce try and but just can not seem to capture the essence of the film . there be no little demon inside you root for anything . salma role be basically for eye candy . she provide nothing spectacular either . i can literally say the same for woody and cheadle as well . here we have strong actor do absolutely nothing during the course of about two hour . these character never drive the plot and they bring nothing but clichés to the table and and by the end we really do not have any true grasp a to whom they be . honestly and cardboard cutout could have replace the actual actor and after the sunset would have be a good film . there be no depth to the character and no emotion and no structure and just the simple direction of step here and say your line and step here and look surprised . it be embarrass for all that be involve . i think a major flaw to this film be that ratner do not fully understand and or be prepare and for the caper genre . from the opening moment until the end of the film and you can tell that ratner be just try to use his friend in the industry and show the world that he have some power a well . i say this because i saw no true direction or moment of impressiveness where he define himself a a director . he reuse the same idea throughout the entire film and he doesn not give anything strong to his player and and nothing stand out in this movie . sure and it be a beautiful location and but be i to believe that salma spend a majority of the film build a deck for them to sit on . be i to believe that pierce be still a sex symbol even with a huge gut stick out . be i to believe that cheadle be a bad guy or import american who be at the top of the community . finally and be i to believe that pierce could still move as quickly a ratner define . i swear that in the final unclimactic moment of this film and i could hear pierce do some heavy breathing to get from point a to point b. maybe he isn not ready for the next bond role . so and without a good story and or decent character and maybe there be some humor in it that could pull u away from the sour sensation cultivate in your mouth . well and guess who be place in to do the humor element . woody harrelson . now and i do not mind woody and but in this role and he just wasn not believable and his humor be so cliché that i have trouble believing that he bring anything to this character . he literally plagiarize his entire role . teacher and and film viewer of the world and should be very upset with him . instead of bring a new twist to his character and he resort to weird sex humor and skimpy bully humor and and that ever popular drunken humor while fish that be sure to make that senile woman in the front burst out with laughter . to me it be pathetic and a worthless attempt to make a joke out of already dead film . overall and this be a massive disappointment . here you have a decent director and some strong player and but the bad story ever write by a man who write for a game show . which piece do not fit . there be this huge sense of apathy throughout this entire film and clichés riddle it that i just couldn not get past . brosnan have trouble with this film and and i couldn not tell if it be because he just do not care and or because he be work with such low talent that his heart just wasn not in it . the end hurt as well . there be no excitement or intensity and just plain here it be like it or not . i personally couldn not digest this film with it poor acting and below par story . this may be a good film for some that be not familiar with the caper genre and but for me it be just hogwash . grade represent out of .