Takers

Takers is an attempt at a more dynamic, action-packed and less psychological version of Heat. The idea of the key shootout in the hotel is ostensibly stolen from True Romance and, furthermore, is shot and edited in an uninteresting way (unlike the similarly unoriginal, but visually attractive Smokin' Aces). The ending is clichéd and unsatisfactory. Despite all of these flaws, the movie as a whole was sufficiently enjoyable, with a hint of grade-A quality thanks to its cast (who probably expected a slightly better result). Takers is okay as a DVD flick you watch on a weekend evening, but a bad choice for watching at a multiplex. (30.08.2011)

In the context of superficially polished heist styles, it's actually the absolute peak, and you can't ask for more. Sure, you may want a plot that doesn't borrow from everywhere and characters who are more than just uncompromising muscle heads, but every once in a while, it is possible to survive one of these. This is especially true if you assemble a high-quality group of proper actors off the bench. [PS: If the quality of the director's films maintains a continuous rise over the same time span, we can look forward to a top-five hit in 2020. :-)] (15.01.2011)

Creators seriously think that by adding a bunch of famous actors to a completely classic script, it will be better? Imagine that. There's a gang that steals, then they'll want to stop, but their former partner comes out of prison and tells them he has a huge job prepared for them, where they will steal probably the most they have ever stolen together. So they hesitate, but eventually agree to do it. This is followed by a series of preparation scenes and the subsequent action. The whole movie pretends to be very dense with plot twists, but actually doesn't surprise with anything, because such problems have also occurred in other similar movies. It's nice that many familiar faces appeared in the movie, as well as the action is not bad at all, but many times I felt like a masseur during the editing, massaging the wounds on the leg. And I practically didn't laugh at anything. Although there are well-known characters in the movie, perhaps except for Paul Walker, nobody managed to put in more effort to make it worth at least watching. Just routine. (13.04.2012)

Slick nonsense that fortunately isn’t boring and Idris Elba is the boss. The screenplay is a disintegrating attempt at innovation of the robbery genre, but it fails in all those most important areas. Seeing as it’s just a PG-13, the action is pretty decent, the cars are super and the suits are more stylish than the clowns wearing them. Matt Dillon tries hard, squeezing the maximum from his role, Hayden may have an awful hat here, but he can handle himself in the action (the C4 buying scene), and although Paul Walker doesn’t give us any more than his standard, damn - it’s Paul Walker! A punier buddy of Ben’s The Town. (29.12.2010)

A very stylish, polished, and very wannabe cool spectacle. But Robert De Niro in Heat, didn't really care whether he would wear an Armani or Hugo Boss suit for the bank heist (thank God). Idris Elba is excellent. I don't understand PG-13 rating, it completely killed the film. (15.01.2011)