Stand Up Guys

Stand Up Guys stars Al Pacino, Christopher Walken and Alan Arkin in a tough but touching action comedy as retired gangsters who reunite for one epic last night. Val (Al Pacino) is released from prison after serving twenty-eight years for refusing to give up one of his close criminal associates. His best friend Doc (Christopher Walken) is there to pick him up, and the two soon re-team with another old pal, Hirsch (Alan Arkin). Their bond is as strong as ever, and the three reflect on freedom lost and gained, loyalties ebbed and flowed, and days of glory gone by. And despite their age, their capacity for mayhem is still very much alive and well - bullets fly as they make a hilariously valiant effort to compensate for the decades of crime, drugs and sex they've missed. But one of the friends is keeping a dangerous secret- he's been put in an impossible quandary by a former mob boss, and his time to find an acceptable alternative is running out. As the sun rises on the guys' legendary reunion, their position becomes more and more desperate and they finally confront their past once and for all.

This was a fun watch simply because it was Al Pacino and Christopher Walken playing off of each other for an hour and half.  How could that really go wrong.  Is it a great movie?  Not really because there really isn't too much more substance than these two great actors talking about getting older and living in the moment.  But it's Pacino and Walken so I enjoyed it.

I would definitely recommend people check this out.  Again - nowhere near must see status, but . . . . . IT'S PACINO AND WALKEN, people!