Takers (12A)

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Thrillers

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Time Out rating:

<strong>Rating: </strong>2/5

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<strong>Rating: </strong>4/5
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Time Out says

Tue Sep 28 2010

You need to be smart to come up with anything new in the heist-gone-wrong genre, but this at least has a couple of inventive robberies (kids, you’ll need a helicopter, explosives and detailed knowledge of disused metro tunnels to try this at home). Beyond that, it falls into the trap of having so many characters there’s no room for them all to register, so while Matt Dillon’s cop is mildly world-weary, on the criminal side, some gangsters get more fulsome problems than others. Thus, commanding Idris Elba has a junkie sister, and their ex-con former associate TI puts together a dubious security-van job to kick the plot into gear, but Hayden Christensen contents himself with an annoying hat, and Paul Walker a scowl. It’s hard to give two hoots about any of this lot, but at least the action exudes enough professionalism to give us something to look forward to. Not terrible, but undemanding.

Author: Trevor Johnston

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Release details

Rated:

12A

UK release:

Fri Sep 17 2010

Duration:

107 mins

Cast and crew

Director:

John Luessenhop

Screenwriter:

Peter Allen, Gabriel Casseus

Cast:

Zoë Saldana, Hayden Christensen, Paul Walker, Idris Elba, Matt Dillon

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Rated as: 4/5 (1 rating)

  • Top-notch action thriller, visually engaging and exceptionally well paced. A colourful and exciting antidote to the dreary, more pretentious `The Town`.

    critique Thu Oct 7 2010
    Rated as: 4/5
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  • A great movie that will surprise anyone expecting a paint by numbers stock action thriller. This film takes off where films like Italian Job, Oceans Eleven, and even “Lockstockâ€�, leave behind. There is a considerable amount of depth woven into the characters, and you are always kept second guessing by a number of plot twists that poke fun of the genre. Idris Elba from, the Wire, takes charge of the whole affair while Hayden Christensen, Chris Brown, and Co seal the deal. Looks great, is clever, funny, well worth seeing.

    Matthew James Tue Oct 5 2010
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  • Takes a bit of getting used to initially as its shot DV cam al la Michael Mann's Collateral, but its an original take on the Italian Job/Oceans Eleven style heist movie, that comes together well at the end. Definitely worth seeing for the Chris Brown escape scene, the suits, and the cigars.

    BHova Sat Oct 2 2010
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