City of Industry starring Harvey Keitel, Stephen Dorff and Timothy Hutton. Also-starring Famke Jannsen.

Lee Egan (Timothy Hutton) thinks he has got the plan and the crew for the perfect heist of diamonds: he brings in Jorge (Wade Dominguez) – a family man with 2 kids, facing the risk of jail, Lee’s own brother – retired but capable thief Roy (Harvey Keitel) and Skip (Stephen Dorff).

It turns out that Lee really had the right plan, as the crew manages to steal over $3,000,000 worth of loots. However he has chosen a wrong guy –as Skip kills both Lee and Jorge and just misses Roy. Skip runs with all their shares. Now, Roy is pissed and eager to avenge his brother and Skip him pay. His search brings him to Rachel (Famke Janssen), Jorge’s wife. Rachel wants in. She helps Roy find Skip through Jorge’s connections, in return for a cut. With other men after Skip, and Skip’s connections after Roy, and Roy after Skip with vengeance, who will survive and get the money?

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This is the part I give you the spoilers. Well, they are not really spoilers as this is a typical crime flick and you knew Roy would get the money and save Rachel and all that. So it is a happy ending with the good guy winning. Now, if you are a total Harvey Keitel or a Stephen Dorff fan, I guess there is some fun you can get out of this movie. But if you watch the movie for Timothy Hutton, then you will be disappointed as well, he gets killed early into the story. Famke Jannsen is gorgeous as usual, so I can say that she is the one pretty thing about this otherwise boring film. Yes, it has some good moments but even as a fan of heist and/or revenge films, I found it really slow and boring. Watch it if you don’t have a better alternative. There is also Lucy Liu in a small role.

If you want a smart and original film with Timothy Hutton, watch The Killing Room. If you want to watch him pull off perfect heists and entertain you superbly, watch his series Leverage. And if you do want a brilliant robbery film check out Clive Owen and Denzel Washington’s Inside Man.

Directed by John Irvin, 1997’s City of Industry is rated at 6.0 on IMDB. 4/10 from me.

And no, I have no idea why Timothy Hutton is on the poster and not Famke.

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