I rented this film because of the legendary cast. Michael biehn, nic cage, Angus scrimm-the tall man himself, Charlie sheen, Talia shire, and peter Fonda. But even an eccentric and solid cast couldn't save dead fall. The acting is some of the weakest I've seen from these actors. Nic cage goes gonzo over the top, so much so that he is the only redeemable thing in the movie. Michael biehn is solid but he seems very bored. It features lobster hands, twin brothers, a really cheese narration, one of the lamest and unerotic sex scenes ever filmed, death by deep fryer, and Charlie sheen looking sexual. Overall, interesting cast cant redeem a clichéd and slow thriller without any thrills.

What is everyone's problem with this film? It really isn't that bad. I can not believe how many people have given this film a 1. This is a very low budget, very B movie that manages to turn out a fairly average film. Considering the cast, it should be much better but that doesn't justify the unfair criticism. Nicolas Cage is awful in this film, probably spoils most of it with his over acting. Hard to believe that it is the same man who was such a star in The Rock, Con Air and Face/Off! Michael Biehn has been much better but he is very likeable and believable, especially with his fears over the final con. The best scene in the film no doubt belongs to Biehn and Charlie Sheen. I headed for the snooker club afterwards and felt the need to sniffle "Damn, I'm good!" Needs to be given a chance.

The answer is that the film just looks so cheap! It's tacky! The finale 'shoot-outs' are awful, accompanied by some very bad extra's. Biehn was perfectly suitable in the role, it is a shame that he had such a bad character, with bad dialogue. Nicolas Cage is terrible as Eddie, he is nearly inaudible! James Coburn is great, and has a genuine chemistry with Michael Biehn. The ever-reliable Charlie Sheen is once again reunited with Biehn, the pair had built up a good rapport filming Navy Seals. But the film is just really bad, and I was so disappointed. Sarah Trigger (who?) is ok, but nothing special. The action lets it down, as it's too cheap. The music is terrible, really tacky. This is an ever-popular concept, which games like Grand Theft Auto have excelled in, but this film just wasn't good. The money must have been spent on the cast. This was the first 'deadfall' in Biehn's career, luckily he was still cast in Tombstone later that year. You can't blame him for this movie, "Hey Mike, we're going to put you in the starring role of a movie by Coppola, with Nicolas Cage, Talia Shire, James Coburn, Charlie Sheen, oh and Peter Fonda as your support cast." You'd be silly to have turned it down. Disappointing.

I can't believe that such a talented crew and cast could finish up with a movie so poor. Usually with a poor film my wife and I end the suffering after a quarter hour or so, long enough to make some sort of judgement, with this film I went on watching for another quarter of an hour because I thought it must be a parody on gangster - dropout movies, but alas, it just went from bad to worse. The acting was childlike, even Nicholas Cage, who prior to this movie I had thought to be a reasonable actor, overplayed his part to the point where he would have been better playing a circus clown. As I watched this film I thought of all the money spent telling this story that could have been used for more entertaining pursuits, such as filming a wet house-brick drying in the sunshine.