Haven't enjoyed a con movie this much since Heist

Pacing & tone problems aside, this might be my favorite screenplay so far this year

As far as the performances, Bale does a helluva Bobby D but put enough of his own spin on it compared to J-Law's Casino Ginger. Adams is much better, Coop wasn't consistent but his highs outweighed the lows. Renner seemed to be miscast but wasn't too bad. Pena was cool but needed more screentime...him, Taghmaoui & Whigham were all pretty much wasted. I'm also not buying Jack Huston as a bad ass w/o the mask, but that's a small gripe. Cameo is 3 for 3 in 2013...love his resurgence

Rip off or not, Russ might've beat Marty w/ the cuts in this one. That soundtrack was som'n else.