adonis98-743-186503
A group of friends become involved in a potentially deadly diamond heist. Poorly written and directed but also tries to sell copies from having Bruce Willis in it this terrible action film feels like a bad rip-off of heist films like 'The Town' and lacks the talent and the script that was needed to have and even the main actor described it as poor. Don't waste the time or the money into this film. (0/10)
juneebuggy
As I'm sure with most people I only watched this because of the names attached; Bruce Willis, Ryan Phillippe and 50 Cent, thinking this has to be a decent movie even though I've never heard of it before. It was not. This was mostly a waste of time. Willis, despite the top billing on the poster is hardly in the movie and Phillippe just doesn't cut it as the bad guy despite all his tattoos. The script is weak, and the double crossed thief revenge thriller has been done way too many times before.50 does a decent enough job but he's just not a very good actor and the plot for the most part is based around his act of vengeance after his former partner in crime and childhood friend attempts to take him out after a major diamond heist. 'Sonny' then employs the help of a feared (but laughably stereotypical) mob boss (Willis)to help him recover the cash.There are a couple of other sub-plots running regarding Philippe's jailed father (James Remar), Jenna Dewan has a great scene with a glass table, we also get Randy Couture as a lame-brained thug and Shaun Toub as a mysterious hit-man who skulks about searching for the stolen diamonds -I actually enjoyed him.There are moments of Guy Ritchie-ness here too in the way they introduce "the muscle" 'the hit man" "the mob boss" and I suppose also in how all the story arc's connect and go awry.Ultimately a bit of a fail and not a movie I will remember anything about come tomorrow. 7/26/15
canadiancole-92-872935
I could use a lot more than 10,000 words telling you how bad this movie is, but I think I will focus on the worst parts to save time.3 friends from high school get together and commit crimes to support themselves and their families in "Detroit", a city so down on it's luck it can't afford police officers anymore. (Seriously...There is a 10 minute "chase scene" with gunfire through crowded malls and café's and never once do you hear a siren) After successfully completing a "5 million" dollar diamond heist, done in a crowded intersection and shooting up half the cars and buildings on the street in the process, one of the three happy high school comrades goes "Brutus" on his pals and shoots them both in the head. Err...Shoulders....killing one instantly (obviously. Shoulders are where criminals hearts are.)At this point "50 Cent", stumbles through 60 minutes of terrible dialogue and music, seeking vengeance, and casually dropping off corpses at a place where a weird guy grinds them into hamburger. (There should be one on every corner IMO.) At some point you learn that the "betrayer" killed his best friends because he wanted to pay a 100,000 dollar bribe to keep his deadbeat dad alive in prison. OH! By the way, he also has a sister who was the driver of the private car that they heisted at the beginning. (Shocker....you'd think his high school buddies would know her and recognize her...)Finally...The strange religious under-tones and random 1 on 1 therapy with the local priest...combined with the "random acts of kindness and charity" around every corner makes me feel like the movie is just Bible Thumper Propaganda.In the end...50 Cent drives off into the night in the most "unrecognizable/inconspicuous powder blue Classical car in the world" with 1 million in cash, after a diamond heist, a snatch and grab, a gun battle/foot chase, grinding up a corpse, buying drugs, arranging for an organized crime mass culling that he manages to just duck his head and run through. Yeah...At least he doesn't kill his friend! 50 cent be too good for that --- you feel me?
ebroux
I normally don't write reviews on here but most reviews on here do this movie injustice. It is not nearly ad bad as the score make it out to be.Is this movie predictable? Yes. Does it have clichés and déjà-vu moments? Yes. But what did you expect with a plot that has been done 1 000 000 times before (Heat, The Town, ...). As far as I know most people know about the plot before watching a movie so you know it contains all these flaws before watching it. So don't watch it if you're like: 'this has been done.' If you're a fan of crime/heist movies: watch it!The acting isn't bad at all (but then again I like the acting of Dwayne Johnson). The actors aren't Robert De Niro or Al Pacino but they get the job done.All in all, the movie kept me entertained throughout.
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