Synopsis
A seasoned team of bank robbers, including Gordon Jennings, John Rahway, A.J., and brothers Jake and Jesse Attica successfully complete their latest heist and lead a life of luxury while planning their next job. When Ghost, a former member of their team, is released from prison he convinces the group to strike an armored car carrying $20 million. As the "Takers" carefully plot out their strategy and draw nearer to exacting the grand heist, a reckless police officer inches closer to apprehending the criminals.
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Cast
- Chris BrownJesse Attica
- Hayden ChristensenA.J.
- Matt DillonJack Welles
- Michael EalyJake Attica
- Idris ElbaGordon Jennings
- Steve HarrisLt. Carver
- T.I.Ghost
- Jay HernandezEddie Hatcher
- Johnathon SchaechScott
- Paul WalkerJohn Rahway
Recommendations
- 75
Miami Herald
A crackling crime drama assembled from a scrap heap of hoary cliches, Takers proves that everything old can sometimes really be new again. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
The stunt work is amazing, and the pace is breathless enough to keep one watching right up to the somewhat ambiguous conclusion. - 63
Chicago Tribune
Noisy, unsubtle, but it gets the job done. - 50
Variety
A respectable but watered-down heist movie that, given the Los Angeles setting, either owes a debt to director Michael Mann or suggests an unusually violent and action-packed episode of "Entourage." - 50
Orlando Sentinel
The performers are given stock types to play, and Elba and Dillon, at least, can do a little with that. - 45
Movieline
It comes to the party overdressed and still fails to make an impression. - 38
Boston Globe
Takers might have made a perfectly decent little B heist movie, but someone had to go and forget to give the cameraman his Ritalin. - 30
Los Angeles Times
Did I mention the dialogue? Well, really the armored car driver put it best when he said, "We're in trouble here…" No joke.
