Synopsis
Inspired by one of the longest and bloodiest real-life events in police history, Officer Mike Chandler and a young civilian passenger find themselves under-prepared and outgunned when fate puts them squarely in the crosshairs of a daring bank heist in progress by a fearless team of highly-trained and heavily-armed men.
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Cast
- Nicolas CageMike Chandler
- Dwayne CameronSteve MacAvoy
- Michael Rainey Jr.Kenny
- Ori PfefferTre
- Sean JamesRob
- Michael BellisarioHyde
- Weston Cage CoppolaLuke
- Sophie SkeltonLisa MacAvoy
- Cory HardrictHanson
- Pavel VladimirovOwens
Recommendations
- 50
Chicago Sun-Times
It’s just a muddled, overcrowded, trigger-happy heist movie brimming with clichés while constantly trying our patience. - 38
ReelViews
A frustrating crime thriller that incorporates too many plot threads into the overall narrative at the expense of character identification, suspense, and emotional heft. - 30
Variety
A rote, overstuffed compilation of genre cliches with pedestrian handling of action elements and frequent notes of maudlin contrivance. - 30
The Hollywood Reporter
Director Shackleton stages the ultra-violent mayhem with reasonable proficiency but little flair or imagination. And the less said about the dialogue...the better. - 25
RogerEbert.com
I guess the “Black Hawk Down” comparison derives from the many gaping wounds the characters and the extras suffer. I don’t know where the rest comes from; because all told this effort is a cavalcade of crap. Loud crap. - 20
Los Angeles Times
Cage gets exactly one meme-able meltdown scene, about two-thirds of the way through the picture. The rest is a waste of time, even for trash cinema connoisseurs. - 16
IndieWire
Unwatchable even by the subterranean standards of a direct-to-video Nicolas Cage thriller, director York Shackleton’s 211 is the kind of low-grade schlock that leaves you with a newfound respect for the basic competence that most bad movies bring to the table. - 12
Slant Magazine
The film relegates Nicolas Cage to a supporting player and crowds him with considerably less charismatic performers.
