i buy a copy under the illusion that connery right in the middle of his bond day combine with the name sidney lumet would make a nice little film . didn not expect it to be watchable but it be a heist film and they be always a laugh . instead i get the chance to see the most dated nugget of junk i have ever see . trust me consider my collection of tape that a feat . now i shouldn not really be give this film a review a i couldn not manage the whole thing . i just could not endure the sight of mr connery get back into bed yet again with m cannon and the half hearted fawning of a supposedly gay mr balsam [ do not know it be possible to underact a gay stereotype ] and a for the direction and focus of the film i an only guess that mr lumet have other thing on his mind . beyond all these the sound effect and music destroy the film most concisely . the hidden camera effect stand out so badly that i just have to keep press the mute button to avoid them . another film which badly utilise amodern technology but not quite as badly a this be the osterman weekend but i manage to get through that and it do not obscure the film as intently a this . so if you want to watch a dated techno thriller watch that instead .