Brit director Richard Janes' frothy feature debut clearly wants to be The Italian Job when it grows up, but its low-budget, London-based caperings are sadly too lightweight to make it even halfway memorable.
Matthew Rhys struggles to switch on the charm as a hapless roister-doisterer attempting to pull off a multiple art scam so he can pay off Art Malik's opera-loving kingpin. The action flashes back and forth between present day England and 1911 Italy, following the dodgy dealing of art forgers and scammers. Much frantic drawing, fast-talking and zippy driving about ensues, but there's no sense of place and the script is too half-baked to engage.
Why, for example, does Rhys' small-time rogue know so much about art? Because he reads lots of books, we're later told in one clumsy scene. If it's a stylish, British crime flick you're after, go see Layer Cake.