In Frank Oz's film "The Score" in 2001, Robert de Niro plays Nick, a Master of Safe Shooter who is approaching the thief named Jackec (Edward Norton) for a potentially profitable heist. However, it is all suspicious of the jump, as Nick is usually recruited for heists from his fence and longtime associate Max (Marlon Brando). It seems that Jackec wants to take control of the situation that Nick does not care. Like all Heyist's best films, the "The result" is mostly procedural, detailed as Nick and Jackec they plan to break into a safe containing a valuable gold scepter. Smartly, instead of breaking the safe in the traditional way, Nick thinks of drilling a hole in the top, filling it with water, and then lowering a small bomb inside. Detonation will cause the water to expand and blow the safe. It's just physics.

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Despite starring Brando and De Niro, Norton is an acting show in the "result". One of the things his character makes to dispel suspicions is to present himself as a mentally disability man with speech obstacles. Jackec enters and out of his personality with ease, and may be immediately thought of Several speeches from "Tropical Thunder" for the nature of playing mentally disabled people. Norton proves to be a little more than acting in the process that makes the "result" One of his best movies.

Unfortunately, Oz does not roll with those threads, instead of doing a pretty straightforward thriller that simply happens to act some of the best actors of their respective generations. "The result" is strangely set up for a Heist film, featuring Nick and Max scenes talking about how they get older and it would be nice to just have a peaceful afternoon. It is a solid enough film, but those who expect intense confrontation between De Niro and Brando - A La de Niro and Al Pacino in "Heat" - will be very disappointed.

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When released in 2001, many audiences were looking forward to seeing the De Niro/Brando stage because, of course, they played the same character in Francis Ford Coppola's "Godfather" films. Brando showed the old vito Corleone In the first film "Godfather", while De Niro played as a young man in prolonged retrospective in "Godfather Part II". Oz can be expected to set up both actors as rivals, allowing them to threaten each other and restore their propensity to violence houses. In the "result", the couple does not play violent men. Indeed, their characters are more than ready to leave their past behind them and retire peacefully. There is a gentle opportunity between De Niro and Brando that I think they did not expect a lot of main audiences.

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"The result", more than anything, is an acting exhibition for its three waters, and everyone is well used. Oz, however, did not create much complexity of the characters, nor the credited screenwriters of the film (Daniel E. Taylor, Kario Salem, Lem Dobus and Scott Marshall Smith) struggle with great, demonstrative speeches. There is nothing attractive to the "result". It's all very understated. It also proved to be the latest performance on Brando's screen before its 2004 pass.

Oz's film was not a success in the box office, making $ 113.5 million with a $ 68m budget. However, it was reasonably considered well and is currently playing a 74% rating Rotten tomatoes Based on 129 views. Some critics hated its lack of energy (AO Scott's review at Yorkyor Times was completely negative), though Roger Ebert gave him three and a half starsevelscalling him one of the best films with the himicas he has seen for years. Most critics seemed to like the slow pace and the gentle starring from the legends on the film screen.

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