2:22 (2008—104mins) Mick Rossi, Robert Miano, Aaron Gallagher

   This lesser known indy is a heist flick about a crew of criminals who pull a New Years Eve job which doesn’t entirely go as planned. When things start to go downhill fast allegiances and trust will be put to the test. I tend to gravitate towards heist flicks b/c they tend to have a good heady element to how they pull off the jobs and how they get you side with some guys and I like how most of these teeter the line of weather to have redemption or not in the story.

   In 2:22 you are introduced to these guys and it makes no bones about it they aren’t good people to the world. Yet they have a strong trust and friendship amongst each other. This is the central point of the story but the plot seems to wax and wane to stick to the plot or just go off into left field. Case in point is the including Val Kilmer in the movie. He plays a quirky jeweler who launders the take of many of the heists for the group. If it was just him being quirky and them seeing him here and there that would be fine, but the director seems to want to delve a bit more into him and then just stop. It’s like they have to justify his inclusion in the story, either for the character or b/c he’s a big name. I really felt this took away from the movie a bit. Another issue of mine is the all over the place of the story once it gets past the mid point and starts to climax. We are, as usual in Indy’s, left going “Huh?, what happened next?”.  It’s the usual arupt ending that really leaves me a bit empty and unable to justify this as a recommendation for a normal rental for most people.

Verdict—> Not a great movie. It’s in the realm of quirk films, like Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrells but not even close to as good as that. Don’t rent it unless you just love someone in the film (cept Kilmer who is in it for 10 mins total at most), and love indy heist flicks. It fits into the category of late night cable watch at best.

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