Daniel Foray (Gérard Depardieu) and his two friends Julien Labesse (Stéphane Freiss) and Raymond Gayet (Albert Dray) form a bumbling gang of thieves. They are forced by their boss to go to Chicago to do a job. Sami (Saïd Taghmaoui) is also forced to go along as a guide. Zero (Renaud) is the muscle who speaks in the third person. Marcel Burot (Johnny Hallyday) is the boss' man. Sophie Nicols (Joanne Kelly) is their local host while on the job. However the heist goes wrong when they go to the wrong address and rob the vicious crime boss Frankie Zammeti (Harvey Keitel). The FBI is watching the house and the gang try to escape back to France.
The production is a little bit weak. Let's just say that writer/director Brad Mirman hasn't had a standout career so far. I do like some of the comedy. Zero keeps making me laugh. Although I don't recognize most of the actors. I get a sense that they're good experienced actors. Albert Dray is hilarious. The french actors give a fun sense of humor. I really like the gang. Harvey Keitel sticks out like a sore thumb at the start of this movie. I know why they want him in so much of the movie. However he doesn't fit this kind of movie with the Pink Panther group of thieves. The movie is split in two. I really love the French gang but I'm not loving everything else.
The production is a little bit weak. Let's just say that writer/director Brad Mirman hasn't had a standout career so far. I do like some of the comedy. Zero keeps making me laugh. Although I don't recognize most of the actors. I get a sense that they're good experienced actors. Albert Dray is hilarious. The french actors give a fun sense of humor. I really like the gang. Harvey Keitel sticks out like a sore thumb at the start of this movie. I know why they want him in so much of the movie. However he doesn't fit this kind of movie with the Pink Panther group of thieves. The movie is split in two. I really love the French gang but I'm not loving everything else.