Saturday, November 6, 2010

Review: Takers

Takers is about a group of bank robbers find their robbery plan interrupted by two hard-boiled detectives.

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They continue to baffle police by pulling off perfectly executed bank robberies. They are in and out like clockwork, leaving no evidence behind and laying low in between heists. But when they attempt to pull off one last job with more money at stake than ever before, they find their plans interrupted by a detective who is insisting on solving the case.

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A seasoned team of bank robbers, including Gordon Jennings (Idris Elba), John Rahway (Paul Walker), A.J. (Hayden Christensen), and brothers Jake (Michael Ealy) and Jesse Attica (Chris Brown) successfully complete their latest heist and lead a life of luxury while planning their next job.

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When Ghost (Tip T.I. Harris), a former member of their team, is released from prison he convinces the group to strike an armored car. As the "takers" carefully plan their strategy and draw nearer to exacting the grand heist, police officers Jack Welles (Matt Dillon) and Eddie Hatcher (Jay Hernandez) inches closer to apprehending the criminals.

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Takers is a typical high-profile robbery but it's not as good as The Italian Job. As expected, the thieves execute a robbery and certain individuals will try to stop then.

Overall, it's just an okay movie. The storyline is predictable because loopholes are visible, especially the early release of Noami from rehabilitation - Gordon's sister. Also, the release of Ghost, who was caught in one of the previous heist, made things worse for the group.

And as expected (again), Ghost decided to betray the group by having his Russian "friends" break into the hotel room where they gathered after successfully executed the grand heist, and starts shooting at the group. A.J. died, and the rest ran for their lives. Jake and Jesse then went back home and got surrounded my the police, leaving them no choice but to face the police - with guns. Eventually, they died as well.

Meanwhile, Gordon and John chased after Ghost, who has decided to keep 100% of the share.

In the end, Ghost was killed and Gordon, John and Noami drove away into the unknown - the end. Somehow something's hanging right?

Noobie Rating: 5/10 (Just okay, nothing new)

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