A rather ordinarily made chase thriller, it is not too good, but neither is it too bad - just very much in-between. Although his distinctly British accent subtracts from his performance, Michael Caine is given quite a good character too work with, even if the film does seem a tad ambiguous as to whether or not we are meant to side with him. The other characters are not worked on too carefully and really just appear to be flat stereotypes, and they are equally mundanely acted. The film received a few awards for its sound recording, and as trivial as it may seem, the sound quality is noticeably good. It is hard to make any definite statement (no pun intended there) about the film. It is mostly a mix of small vices and small virtues, which produces a film that simply is not really bad, but neither really good.
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