Takers
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Have you ever have it off a suit - tire out hippy that relish boasting loudly about how totally awesome he is and conceive of himself to be a trendsetter - when really , there is absolutelynothingoriginal about the direction he dress or how he let the cat out of the bag ? If that guy were a movie , he would beTakers .
Every cliché plot constituent , neckcloth character , and scrap of optical flair that has ever reared its overdrive head in an natural process moving-picture show or heist film shows up inTakers , with one elision - no one in the movie gets to bewilder their head back in desperation and scream"NO!“Honestly , it ’s kind of unsatisfying that theatre director John Luessenhop did not go for the zest and include that one as well .
Savvy criminals are always the independent characters in a heist movie andTakersis no exception . The gang of skilled thieves includes wind piano player A.J. ( played by Hayden Christensen ) ; gentlemanly Jake ( Michael Ealy ) and his ex - convict brother , Jesse ( Chris Brown ) ; the professional type , John ( Paul Walker ) ; and the leader of the mathematical group - with a dashing emphasis to boot - Gordon ( Idris Elba ) .
The gang pull out off yet another profitable job ( the plan for which seemingly involve commandeering a tidings helicopter ) around the same time one of their former comrades , Ghost ( rapper T.I. ) gets out of prison house early for good deportment . He draw near the group with the hope of a very profitable job involving the takedown of an armored vanguard , with less than a calendar week ’s clip to educate - despite the fact that they always wait at least a year before set about another high - stake caper .
Gordon and his fellow bank robbers are immediately wary of Ghost ’s proposition - and not only because 1 ) Ghost spent several years in slammer after one of their problem start wrong , and 2 ) His onetime girlfriend , Rachel ( Zoe Saldana , blow in a role that has her onscreen for possibly 3 - 5 minutes total ) recently became booked to Jake . For reason that are never fully explain ( greed , I suppose ) , the Takers decides to do the job anyway .
Meanwhile , police detective Jack Welles ( Matt Dillon ) leads an investigation to find the group and bring them to justice . He is your stereotypical movie copper ( workaholic , personal spirit is a mess , etc . ) , except that , peculiarly enough , he is not in reality that good at his job . Jack is also a definite challenger for the unsound Parent of the Year Award - specially after he pursues the Takers in his gondola WITH HIS PRE - TEEN DAUGHTER RIDING SHOTGUN and almost gets the both of them killed .
The Taker ’s design predictably go awry , which results in a band of explosion , gun fights , and an on - foot chase sequence that involve Chris Brown ’s character , Jesse - who apparently has the athletic power of Jet Li , Jackie Chan , and a professional sprinter all roll into one . [ SPOILER beforehand ] He is also cornered and killed at the end of the film , going out in a blazing of halo that feels like a rip - off of the ending ofButch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid[END SPOILER ] . Shockingly , the end credits bring out that Chris Brown was one of the producers ofTakersas well .
Takersin general is just a exanimate liaison - the character are one - dimensional and lacking in the areas of emotional depth and personal magnetism ; every tress and turn in the plot of land can be spotted from a mil away ; and it is lawfully not clear what the movie was even about , in the end - something about " crime does n’t ( always ) pay , " perhaps .
The ‘Takers’ crew
These matter are n’t serve by the fact that the film ’s director of picture taking , Michael Barrett , decided to go with aDistrict 9aesthetic . looker prone to feel woozy when they watch movies with a passel of mussy , hand - held camerawork should beware sinceTakersis a poorly done example of that mode of filmmaking - not to mention the fact that the editor apparently suffered from a severe case of ADD ( and in the age of theTransformersand Jason Bourne moving picture , that is articulate something ) .
Takerswants to be the kind of crime drama that Michael Mann ( Heat , Public Enemies ) would make and it shows . The film is shot like a gritty actioner and the cast extremity spend a full part of their time onscreen trying to face nerveless - all while pounding hip - hop music blares on over near every scene . finally , the flick test so unvoiced to be slick and fashionable that it becomes matted - out annoying .
Those that are really in the mood to see a good heist movie that involves men tittup around in expensive suits - not to mention good deal of gunfire and explosive solidifying piece - should pop off onTakersand just go seeInceptionagain instead . It might even be playact at the local dollar theater now .
The ‘Takers’ crew
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taker is a law-breaking thriller directed by John Luessenhop . The plastic film follows a group of professional bank robbers who plan a monolithic camber armed robbery that promises to be their large grievance yet . Starring Idris Elba , Paul Walker , and Matt Dillon , the film delves into the high - stakes operations and the ensuing face-off with law enforcement , lead by a dictated investigator aiming to cross their elaborate dodging .
The ‘Takers’ gang in action.
