Guest Blogger: Sadiya J1

Takers (2010) rotates around a notorious group of criminals (Idris Elba, Paul Walker, T.I., Chris Brown, Hayden Christensen and Michael Ealy) who continue to puzzle the police by pulling off perfectly planned bank robberies. The group of friends say tight and never leave evidence behind while managing to stay laying low in between heists. Their last mission which the plot revolves around is to strike an armored car carrying $20 million. The cast is flawless that’s the main reason I watched it. The only character that annoyed me was T.I. ‘s character he seemed like he belonged in a different movie his character just didn’t quite set. He always spoke the same exact way he never made you wonder what was going to happen, because you could just guess by his gesture and body language. I think they should of used a different actor for his role. Chris Brown did a great job for his part; His thrilling chase scene resembled a Jackie Chan type of action. An obvious theme for this movie is; when a job sounds too good to be, it is that's just the way of the world. The audience is supposed to take away the life lesson that too much dirty money at hand will almost never end with a happy ending. I agree with most critics that this movie Takers is a cliché because it’s like every other action movie there isn’t anything special about it. Like I said before I only watched it because of the actors. The zooming in and out and shaking of the camera gets to be irritating, but the fantastic chases scenes make up for it. Like most critics have claimed I agree “The film borrows from dozens of classic heist pictures, but adds very little fresh, original or exciting to the mix”. Don’t let it steal your valuable money instead wait for it to come on TV.