Play Dirty feels like an action comedy pulled from the past. It’s got the action and the comedy, though the latter is more sparse, but it’s also actively missing something integral to making it a truly entertaining outing: a reason to care about anything that happens to the characters. The plot is unnecessarily convoluted, with too many players attempting to cash in on the big heist, which is naturally ludicrous but lacking in charm. “ Rob the robbers ” is this film’s motto, and it would have been a wildly more fascinating ride if it weren’t so messy and drawn-out.

Directed by Shane Black ( The Nice Guys , Iron Man 3 , The Predator ) from a screenplay he co-wrote with Charles Mondry and Anthony Bagarozzi, and adapted from the novels by Donald E. Westlake, the Prime Video film i

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