Al Pacino plays a life long criminal who has just gotten out of prison after a very long stretch. The job that he was doing when he got arrested and eventually sentenced for went very wrong. Not only did he get caught, but worse yet, the son of the crime boss was killed. His story is that the kid panicked and there was nothing to be done, but that is not the message that the boss wants to hear. Now that he has done every single day of his time, he wants his long time buddy, played by Christopher Walken, to kill him.
So it is a bad situation. Walken could refuse, but then his granddaughter stands to pay the price as well as he. So instead he decides that he will give him the very best day that money can buy and then he will kill him. Part of a great day is springing their long time wheel man, Alan Arkin, from the nursing home he now resides in. The movie is well paced, the lines are well delivered, and while it is not high art, it is enjoyable. Especially if you like these old guys.
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