Another heist movie by Stephen Soderbergh, this one becomes a parody of the genre. In that end, it's a success. There's even a list of "How to Do a Heist" from 1. assemble a team to 2. shit happens to 3. know when to walk away.
It reminds of that classic Mickey Roarke line in Body Heat - "There are 20 things that can go wrong. If you're smart, you'll think of 10. And you're not smart".
The Logan Family (Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Riley Keogh) is not only Not That Smart, but also unlucky. Brother Clyde Logan is an amputee from his military service, where he volunteered to take the place of brother Jimmy Logan, the former high school quarterback. Now they are both bumming around Boone County, West Virginia.
When Jimmy loses his job and needs money for child support, he enlisted the ragtag bunch of family and hillbilly friends (Daniel Craig) to rob... The Charlotte Motor Speedway... NASCAR. What follows is an improbable run, even by heist standard movies.
Written by "Rebecca Blunt" this is believed to be a psedonym. I think this was just a mismash of writers trying get from A to Z while sticking every type of West Virginia caricature they could think of. And there's a lot, from the Charlie Daniels t shirt, to NASCAR, to the cars and bars, to the accents, to the fake tattoos. At least Jimmy is a good father.
Good lead performances by Channing Tatum and Adam Driver. Hilary Swank is wasted as the FBI Agent.
* * * of 5
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