A middle-aged professor is contacted by an acquaintance, met through a shared love for World War II wargaming, who wants to enroll him in a most daring heist. At the same time he crosses paths with a beautiful high-class woman who is just separating from her unreliable, weak-willed husband. Will our professor return to the safe haven of everyday routine or will he embark upon a life of adventure ?
"Midas Run" is part heist comedy, part romance. One can't escape the feeling that the various creators of the movie were uncertain a) about the story they wanted to tell and b) about the way in which they wanted to tell it. The result is rambling, disjointed and disharmonious. It is also pretty boring.
The number of nationalities on display is dazzling, both with regard to actors and with regard to characters. So is the number of clashing acting styles. Perfectionists trying to make sense of the different locations, languages and accents may well suffer a gibbering breakdown before the movie's halfway through. "Midas Run" also features one of these annoying "I met you twenty seconds ago and I know you're the one for me" love affairs. (Mind you, the scene where the lovers passionately consummate their union is wildly, splendidly funny, for all the wrong reasons.) Surely it can't be that difficult to write a charming tale in which the prospective partners meet and grow to like each other in a halfway normal fashion ?
Not good ; not good at all.
"Midas Run" is part heist comedy, part romance. One can't escape the feeling that the various creators of the movie were uncertain a) about the story they wanted to tell and b) about the way in which they wanted to tell it. The result is rambling, disjointed and disharmonious. It is also pretty boring.
The number of nationalities on display is dazzling, both with regard to actors and with regard to characters. So is the number of clashing acting styles. Perfectionists trying to make sense of the different locations, languages and accents may well suffer a gibbering breakdown before the movie's halfway through. "Midas Run" also features one of these annoying "I met you twenty seconds ago and I know you're the one for me" love affairs. (Mind you, the scene where the lovers passionately consummate their union is wildly, splendidly funny, for all the wrong reasons.) Surely it can't be that difficult to write a charming tale in which the prospective partners meet and grow to like each other in a halfway normal fashion ?
Not good ; not good at all.