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With his new film, The Heist, writer-director David Mamet attempts to recapture the success of his last crime thriller, the elegant and captivating Spanish Prisoner. But in spite of a stellar cast and some exciting set pieces, the movie drags on for too long and ultimately succeeds in stealing little more than the audience’s time...
...with this atmosphere and ruins it. He plays a major role in the ending, when the film takes a sudden and unwelcome turn for the brutal. His strident, shrill presence does nothing to make the film more watchable. Mamet clearly intended this to be an edge-of-your-seat thriller that keeps you guessing. But he piled on about three plot twists too many, and when he does get to something of a surprise conclusion, everybody has stopped caring. It is also irritating that many of the complications that transpire in the end can only happen because Moore...
...unique vocal stylings—is briefly paid homage to and is just as quickly discarded. This is clearly meant to be the rebirth of a new Jackson, distinct from all that has come before. As critics continually delight in pointing out, it has been 20 years since Thriller, 20 years since the King of Pop rocked the world. The intervening years for him were a struggle to prove that he could do it again. Formulas were trotted out and repeated; the world changed, but Jackson’s music, however enjoyable, remained steadfastly the same...
...that has changed with Invincible. To be sure, there is much to both like and dislike about the disc, Jackson’s first studio release of totally brand-new material since 1991’s Dangerous. But for the first time since Thriller, the erstwhile King shows that he’s capable of breaking the mold once again. The King is dead. Long live the King...
...mixed and matched to the beat in this “Thriller” redux. Despite the audio special effects and lyrics that evoke occult fantastical nightmares, Jackson’s past hits will hardly feel “Threatened.” This is no “Thriller,” merely filler that will be better remembered for its interesting voice-over gimmick than by its largely uninteresting music...