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Criss Cross: A near perfect noir that partners star Burt Lancaster with director Robert Siodmak once again. It isn't quite as sensational as their previous film, The Killers, but it effectively builds both it's love triangle and armored car heist with equally deft hands.
The Underneath: Soderbergh's first neo-noir. Largely forgotten and relegated to being a special feature on the Criterion for his King of the Hill, this transports the plot of Siodmak's original, Criss Cross, to Austin, TX and makes the story exponentially more non-linear and intimately personal for the players. It is of comparable quality to the original but doesn't quite nail it's landing, choosing instead to be overly clever than crushingly straight forward. Still a fine film that fortells what Soderbergh will build to stylistically and deserves a far better reputation than it has managed.