Armored

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A crew of officers at an armored transport security firm risk their lives when they embark on the ultimate heist against their own company. Armed with a seemingly fool-proof plan, the men plan on making off with a fortune with harm to none. But when an unexpected witness interferes, the plan quickly unravels and all bets are off.

When Mike and the others cook up a scheme to steal a cool $42 million on their next delivery and then claim they were hijacked, Ty is dead set against it--until he goes home and is greeted by a child-welfare official who threatens to put his brother into foster care unless Ty can prove himself capable of looking after the kid (this is but one of the handy plot conveniences designed to push the story forward). --Sam Graham Stills from Armored (Click for larger image) Simpson's setups are so on-the-nose that Helen Keller could see what's coming ("Promise me nobody gets hurt," Ty says to Mike, which guarantees that the body count will start to mount almost instantly). But when the great heist movies are recalled, from Topkapi to Sexy Beast, this one is unlikely to be among them. A good cast does its best to make Armored roll, but while this heist flick certainly has its moments, it's ultimately arrested by a predictable story, cliché-ridden dialogue, and ham-fisted direction. Matt Dillon plays Mike, the leader of a sextet of guards working for an armored truck company; other members of the team are portrayed by Laurence Fishburne, Jean Reno, Skeet Ulrich, and Amaury Nolasco, but the key is newcomer Ty (Columbus Short), an Iraq War veteran whose parents have both died, leaving Ty to support his troubled younger brother and somehow pay the mortgage on the home their folks left behind. Predictability is one thing, but director Nimrod Antal and screenwriter James V. Armored has some good action sequences, a gritty look, a couple of welcome surprises, and the occasional tense moment.

Product Info

Actor: Matt Dillon, Jean Reno, Laurence Fishburne, Fred Ward, Milo Ventimiglia
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
Director: Nimród Antal
EAN: 0043396275102
EAN List: EANListElement: 0043396275102
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
MPN: COLD27510D
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Package Quantity: 1
Part Number: COLD27510D
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Product Group: DVD
Product Type Name: ABIS_DVD
Publication Date: 2009
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2010-03-16
Running Time: 88
SKU: 172
Studio: Sony Pictures
Title: Armored
UPC: 043396275102
UPC List: UPCListElement: 043396275102
ASIN: B0021L8UWG
Sales Rank: 15960