The Score

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Robert De Niro plays a weary thief tempted by wily old associate Marlon Brando into, yes, one last job, a plan to rob a priceless scepter from Montreal's Customs House. Director Frank Oz's heist thriller partners De Niro with hotshot upstart Edward Norton, and you'd have to be determinedly grumpy not to get half a kick out of Brando, DeNiro, and Norton--more than holding his own--coolly bouncing off one another in a Method paradise. Brando may be enormous and breathing heavily with every move, but his technique is as agile as it ever was; he still seems spontaneously clever. Oz doesn't have the most crackling visual style in the world, as the film is far too smooth for tension, and keeps tapping Howard Shore's music score to do most of the work in that department; the divine Angela Bassett is once again totally wasted in a 10-minute throwaway role as De Niro's girlfriend. The Score isn't anything new, and there isn't a single surprise, but if you're into this sort of thing you do respond to its polished familiarity. --Steve Wiecking

Customer Reviews:

The Scepter Caper.......2007-09-04

The score is about stealing a scepter. Robert DeNiro, Ed Norton, and Marlon Brando scheme and plan to steal a King's scepter in the Montreal Custom House. Norton has a janitorial job there to help them get inside. Between wondering how to make the job work and wondering who they can trust there is a fair amount of suspense. Fans of movies like "The Italian Job" and "Foolproof" should enjoy it. Very good acting in this movie and you will appreciate Norton's ability especially as once again he shows another personality as he did in "Primal Fear". DeNiro and Brando are excellent as always. I highly recommend this crime caper movie.

Crime Drama.......2007-08-24

The ending was the best part of this movie. I found parts of it dragged out but the story is solid.

Corey Cotta, Author of All of Yesterdays Tomorrows.

Delightful Heist movie starring De Niro and Norton.......2007-08-11

The Score is a perfect heist movie, because it brings in a lot of character development along with some good, human drama. Robert De Niro stars as a man who is good at taking scores. He is not just good at his craft, he is the best around. Robert plays this character with perfection as a man who is meticulous, methodical and all business. He never takes a big risk until one happens to present itself from his friend. Soon there are multiple snags and setbacks that would scare off most amateurs, but again this man is the master of what he does, and that includes some mind games.

Enter Edward Norton, playing the part of the man on the "inside" of the big job. Norton is superb in his character play of a mentally handicapped janitor at the facility where everything is going to take place. He also brings out the youth and arrogance that his characters needs to be the opposite of the man Robert plays, and that sets the stage for some tense moments at the end of the film.

The humanity is the frustration of the person who is setting up the score, a man who knows his life is perhaps over if things do not go well. None other than the legendary Marlon Brando plays this character. De Niro's character also has a choice between a final take and a new life with a new love, a theme that is very similar to the one his character played in the 1995 Heist style film called "Heat" directed by Michael Mann.

The film has great action as well as breathtaking moments, whether it is high tech surveillance or the snatch and go itself, The Score plays out with some nice surprises till the very end. With an excellent cast and strong direction, it finishes out as a very tight, character driven film.

The Score: Smart With Heart.......2007-06-21

The Score is hugely entertaining. Set in Montreal, Canada, the environs are familiar yet slightly foreign. Robert De Niro's gentleman thief character Nick is likeable and believable. His day job is owner of the NYC jazz club.

In a memorable scene, Nicky offers rock solid middle class advice to would be hot shot Edward Norton's character by advising him never to take longshots or high risks. "Make a list of everything you want and take the next twenty years to get it." Sounds more like a stock broker than a master thief.

The Score's score is superb. Jazzy and atmospheric.

The actual theft and escape scene is creative and well orchestrated.

Great movie with a great twist.

The youth against the experience!.......2007-05-10

The score is film with a double reading. On one hand is an electrifying and chilling story of a specialist of first order and a very young newcomer (Edward Norton in an extraordinary performance as the young defiant). This double speech will intermingle in order to convey us one of the most breathtaking movies of this year.

You will realize how you can make close affinities with that old cult movie. "Cincinnati Kid" . This was, on the other hand, the last Op. of Marlon Brando, too.

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My friend shot this movie (with a gun, not a camera)

One Last Score
Starring: Jessica Adorve , Adam Aron , Lisa Blount , Joe D'Angerio , and Barry Del Sherman
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
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Release Date: 2002-09-03

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In this tale of redemption gone awry, Johnnie Cooper (Matthew Modine) has just been released from prison after serving time for armed robbery. Although determined to stay out of trouble, he quickly finds himself hiding out in Tijuana after his schizoid brother, in a moment of panic, attacks Johnnie's parole officer with a two-by-four. With his resolve to stay sraight fading by the minute, Johnnie's lured into pulling off one last score - at the local bullfighting ring!

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My friend shot this movie (with a gun, not a camera).......2005-06-21

My friend and I saw a preview for this movie with Boondock Saints. We both loved Boondock Saints so much that we decided to rent If . . . Dog . . . Rabbit . . . after seeing the preview 30 times. I swear I could feel my IQ drop at least two dozen points throughout the movie, and little did I know my friend felt the same, but we both sat through it for the other's sake. So yes, I have seen the movie all the way through and it is equally sucky all the way through. Afterward, while discussing this movie, my friend and I decided that we hated it so much that he took it out into the backyard, put it on a stump, and shot it. Honest to god. This movie was beyond bad. I enjoy Santa Claus Conquers the Martians and this movie was so bad that if I owned a gun I would have shot it a couple times myself. Save yourself $.35 and 2 hours and just jam sharpened carrots in your ears, its more enjoyable.

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One Last Score
Starring: Arlene Jamison , Bill Puggett , Alice Enright , and Rob Rose
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A tale of redemption gone awray.

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