Meticulousness, Fine-drawn characterisation and Inspiration all scripted in such a way that it feels real, yet also drawn in such a 'cinema' format, that you can't help but admire what you are watching. A sensational screenplay, constructed in three parts (more or less). A set up; it's great but nothing mammoth enough to squash you, the heist (I will get to you, don't you worry) and the final third, which pulls a trigger and blasts chaos onto us with fully automatic fire. My favourite part is the heist, a 32-minute scene about four men performing a heist. Basic, right? Well, it has absolutely no dialogue or music, yet is completely engaging and dramatic. It sure has been an inspiration for many heist scenes to follow in the world of cinema, and it might just take the cake as my favourite robbery scene of all time, but there's even more to this part of the film. The scene, with no dialogue whatsoever, has the largest unload of character development in the run time, and the way it is given to the audience is refreshingly subtle; one thing these four characters have in common is greed, and the half-hour heist scene showcases this desire and downfall perfectly.

*Rififi* is just excellent all the way through though, and is a picture I recommend to anyone and everyone.

**Rififi.**
*"It's the lingo of the streetwise, the battle cry of real tough guys."*

A 1955 classic whose story and production values have not aged. Sure, security technology has changed, and special effects have advanced. In spite of that, this movie has all the marks of a perfect film. Only one thing depicted in Rififi is no longer true: There is no longer any "honor among thieves". In my grandfathers time, thieves (Mafia?) had an honor code, or as it's called in this movie, "the rules". In today's world, the criminals (many of whom are the politicians and CEOs of monopolies) have no moral compass whatsoever. If that dates this movie, so be it. It's still a fantastic action film!