This takes a look at the crime thriller Takers, with an all-star cast starring Paul Walker (The Fast and the Furious) as John Rahway, stalwart Idris Elba (Rock N Rolla) as Gordon Cozier, Michael Ealy (The Good Wife) as Jake Attica. , Hayden Christiansen (Star Wars: The Phantom Menace) as AJ, Matt Dillion (Traffic) as Jack Welles, and an impressive performance from Chris Brown as Jesse Attica.
We join the film when our protagonists are undergoing a bank robbery, which goes as smoothly as they planned, leaving no trace of their identities or who might have done the job, and they even have the courtesy of waving at the security camera. (masked). of course) and offer a signature greeting. It’s left to two cops, Jack Welles and Eddie Hatcher, played by Jay Hernandez (The Rookie), to figure out who carried out the robbery, with basically nothing else to go on except the heights of the culprits and their gestures towards the camera.
This is slightly different from other crime movies in that with any good movie we feel empathy for the characters as we get to know a bit about their personal struggles especially Cozier as he tries to take care of his sister Naomi played by Marianne Jean. -Baptiste (28 days), recently released from rehabilitation; in the middle of a job they’re planning, a job they’ve unexpectedly been asked to do, one of their partners, whom no one in the group trusts very much, Dalonte Rivers, played very convincingly by TI, who tells them about an opportunity the that he found out while he is in jail, with several million for them to get, if all goes well.
It turns out that the reason no one in the group trusts Rivers is that five years ago they caught him and the time he just spent in prison was a direct result of working together with them, Rhaway assures him of his earnings from that. The papers are in a savings account and are still good for collection, which Crozier and the others consider to be the only reason he didn’t turn them in.
We also get to see a bit of the problems the police force faces in dealing with some of the criminals, Welles as he tries to make time for his daughter and deal with the case at hand, as Hatcher tries to explain to Welles his priorities are a bit narrow.
Jake’s love interest is provided by the charming Joe Saldana (always in our minds as Neferti from Avatar) playing Lilly, this proves a bit controversial as she was Dalonte’s love interest before he went to prison, and has eyes set on taking it. back. There is a scene where Jake and Dalonte have a little confrontation in front of Lilly as Dalonte tries to reaffirm that she still has feelings for him in front of Lilly.
The acting in Takers is top notch and you’ll be on the edge of your seat to find out how it all unfolds.
