it be hard to imagine two actor of such class and experience a michael caine and michael gambon get involve in such an embarrassingly inept film . the responsibility for this ill judge production have to be down to the writer and neil jordan and director and conor mcpherson . i doubt i have see such a bad film with such good credit in a long time . the comedian and dylan moran and who make his mark a the irritable and incompetent bookshop owner in the tv sitcom and blackbooks and turn in much the same routine here and except with such excess and lack of comedic control a to leave one squirming . it be easy to see how the story could have be make to work and for the situation be an interest one and load with comic potential . a classical actor ( caine ) try to rip off the mob ( gambon and co ) with the aide of a bumbling wannabe colleague ( moran ) and with predictable result . it could have and should have be good . sadly and it be not to be .