Review of Out of Sight (1998) by Rob C — 18 Nov 2012

From flirtacious dialogue to sarcastic-like humor; comes a film based on a Elmore Leonard novel. Out Of Sight is such a sexy, cool, calm demeanor of a film and also one of the best performances from Jennifer Lopez, or her last one. Don Cheadle also shines playing Maurice "Snoopy" Miller, a boxing enthusiast and rival inmate of Jack Foley (George Clooney), a high-profile bank robber who has never used a gun. But, it's in Clooney where the film truly has it's strength and which started his leading man career in cinema. Charming and reckless Jack Foley, will not let anything get in his way of seeing Karen Sisco (Jennifer Lopez), a US Marshall he fell for while escaping prison, with her as his hostage. Clooney has probably his best dialogue right in this film, throwing out quip after quip among the many people he comes in contact with, most notably his fellow inmate Glenn Michaels (Steve Zahn).

"Well, tell Buddy if I see Glenn wearing his sunglasses I'll step on 'em. I might not even take 'em off first.".

Glenn has information on the whereabouts of some uncut diamonds belonging to billionaire Richard Ripley (Richard Brooks) and he shares that with Foley and his good friend Buddy (Ving Rhames), but also with Maurice and his crew; all the while having Karen and the FBI on them every step of the way. Out Of Sight is a sleek and steamy ride down a gritty, opposites attract-filled road and an open doorway to the Oceans... franchise in which Clooney starred in. Put simply, Out Of Sight outshines any of those films in my eyes.