Takers: This film is certainly slick as all get-out, but it’s also highly derivative of every heist movie you‘ve ever seen, lifting some plot elements directly from other films (the most obvious would be “The Italian Job” remake), while not bringing anything new to the table. A team of five bank robbers (led by Idris Elba) successfully robs a bank in Los Angeles and find themselves in the crosshairs of a brash police officer (Matt Dillon) who is trying to piece it altogether. Into the mix enters a former member of the criminal team with a score that is too good to be true involving armored trucks. Betrayal abounds. Now does that sound anything like any other movie you’ve seen in the last 20 years? You can stop nodding your heads. Paul Walker, Hayden Christiansen, rapper T.I., singer Chris Brown, and Michael Ealy are here in support. There is not a single remarkable thing about this film. You never feel like you are watching a new creation, just a series of homages to other more memorable films, like “Heat” or “True Romance”. It took me a few days to get through this one because it just didn’t hold my interest. Woodchuck sez, “Skip it.”
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