Dog Day Afternoon

A classic that I just had the pleasure of watching. Al Pacino does a great and sincere performance in this true story heist gone haywire, directed by Sidney Lumet. If you love heist movies, this is a must see. Sonny, Sal and their scared little friend hold up a Brooklyn bank with a well put together plan...at least that's what they thought. Sonny has worked in a bank so he knows all the tricks, and Sal ain't f'ing around, but they take a little too long to leave with the money and the building is soon surrounded by cops and the FBI. He becomes the people's champion and even the hostages seem to root for him after a while. Interesting from start to finish.

Favorite Scenes : their cowardly friend leaving them( don't know why, I just like how that scene plays out I guess); "Attica!Attica!"; When he kept the police in check; many more

Worst Scenes : They had to mess up the robbery huh? All he had to do was leave(and not burn the register in the store), but I liked that Lumet made the hostages point that out to him; Any scene with Leon; Why did Sal put the gun down in the end?

Special Features : not one...c'mon guys,anything. A commentary would have been wonderful. Maybe we can expect something for an anniversary edition.

Rating : 4 bags of money