Realism in the fight scenes were among the best I have ever seen on screen. And through out the whole movie we give a damn about Whalberg's character and the complicated relationship with Bale.
While it wasn't atrocious, there was something lacking in the chemistry better between Adams and Whalberg otherwise this would be a 5 star movie.
Creative and entertaining cons meet one of the most warm and touching on screen romances I have seen recently.
So many action and crime movies fail to make the romance relevant to the story, but here, the romance is the motivation for the story. It works surprisingly well.