Hammerman Ikon

Hammerman Ikon Film Guide

Confidence
2003
**
Director: James Foley
Cast: Edward Burns, Rachel Weisz, Dustin Hoffman, Andy Garcia, Paul Giamatti

A team of con men accidentally hustle a trigger-happy gangster, and to make up to him they agree to pull an even bigger con. If you've seen The Sting, Ocean's Eleven, Matchstick Men, House of Games or any other con movie, you know that every surprising twist or hick-up in the plan is just another piece of the elaborate scam. Maybe this wouldn't feel like a con drama on autop(i)lot if there were characters you could care about. A superb cast goes to waste, and Rachel Weisz is simply miscast as femme fatale.