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Takers

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Watchlist 28% 110 Reviews Tomatometer 62% 100,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
28% Tomatometer 110 Reviews 62% Popcornmeter 100,000+ Ratings
Gordon Jennings (Idris Elba) and his friends enjoy a luxurious lifestyle funded by bank robberies, and they avoid capture by sticking to a strict set of rules. As they celebrate the latest job, a former associate arrives with a daring plan to rob an armored car. The lure of so much cash is too tempting to resist but, unbeknown to Gordon's men, this heist puts them on a collision course with Russian mobsters and a detective (Matt Dillon) who will do anything to capture them.
Takers

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Critics Consensus

Takers boasts some gripping set pieces and keeps things moving quickly, but its two-dimensional characters, clichéd script, and brazenly derivative plot make it hard to recommend.

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Candice Frederick Reel Talk Online Sep 11, 2017
B-
Check out Takers for end of the summer fun. Leave your brain at home. Go to Full Review
Nick Schager Lessons of Darkness Jun 8, 2011
C
A mini-Michael Mann effort populated by one-dimensional clichs. Go to Full Review
Andrea Gronvall Chicago Reader Jan 3, 2011
Laughable subplots about Elba's addicted sister (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) and Dillon's crooked partner (Jay Hernandez) only slow the action, which is all this movie has going for it. Go to Full Review
Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Aug 9, 2023
1/4
This movie was sewn together from bits and pieces of better movies, and that recycled quality never allows the story to take off. Go to Full Review
Rene Jordan El Nuevo Herald (Miami) Aug 10, 2022
Takers collects massacres with enthusiasm… at the border of abstract surrealism. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Mike Massie Gone With The Twins Nov 30, 2020
4/10
What starts off as a perfectly good, generic heist movie transitions into a contrived mess of overblown theatrics and predictable character twists. Go to Full Review
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Feb 18, 2019 Literally the worst movie I've ever seen. There's a scene of Chris Brown getting chased on foot for like 15 minutes.
Feb 11, 2019 Awesome movie rotten tomatoes were way to harsh with the ratings on this movie. So underrated.
Draco R Apr 8, 2018 This is a horrible movie. This movie is so boring and forgettable. The plot is all over the place. The plot is too convoluted and too complicated. It's much too complicated to even understand what was going on throughout the whole movie. Annoying shaky camera and horrible character development. The characters are extremely boring, one-dimensional, and forgettable. The characters' chemistry is even nonexistent. Nothing in this movie is memorable. Most of the cast is lame. The action scenes are even dull, extremely boring, and lame. The action scenes are HORRIBLY directed. The movie seemed like it was shot by a college film student's camera. The cinematography was HORRENDOUS. The movie is insanely horribly fast paced. One of the most boring and forgettable movies of all time. It is truly a waste of time to watch this snooze-fest. This action flick is SUPER GENERIC. I can't even remember a single character's name from this movie. The movie is full of flat cardboard characters. A lot of the acting is awful. Idris Elba and Paul Walker are the only main actors that are good in this movie. Most of the cast is lame and full of C-list stars. I honestly fell asleep a bunch of times during parts of the movie when I was stream watching it online. It bored me tears. I honestly didn't even make it to finish watching the entire movie because it bored the living crap out of me. I had to stop watching this movie somewhere in the third act. What kind of idiot would even like this film or call it a decent film or give it a positive review? WHY DOES THIS GARBAGE MOVIE HAVE A 62% AUDIENCE SCORE? I swear, the Rotten Tomatoes audience is retarded and have shitty taste in movies. This movie should have at least a 19% RT audience score because it's honestly pure hot garbage. I hate this movie so much. Such a stupid and incredibly boring movie. I highly do not recommend watching this god-awful movie. It is a complete waste of time. Most critics are right about this horrible, horrible, HORRIBLE, GENERIC, STUPID movie. Itâ(TM)s bloated, beyond boring, extremely cliched, convoluted, overstuffed, generic, and lame. Rating: 1.3/10 See more
Rey R Dec 9, 2017 As far as heist movies go, this was better than average. Great diverse cast and stylized action sequences.
George W Dec 4, 2017 bad movie. lots of dumb stuff. so many cliches and copying from other movies. so many typical and predictable parts. card board characters. it was pretty fast paced with some exciting scenes and some a mixed bag of action. some was decent. some was horribly done with quick cuts and shaky cam. why is chris brown in this movie? (2 viewings) See more
Leia P Oct 28, 2017 Seems intense and epic but I was not a fan of this movie I saw part of it on tv
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Synopsis Gordon Jennings (Idris Elba) and his friends enjoy a luxurious lifestyle funded by bank robberies, and they avoid capture by sticking to a strict set of rules. As they celebrate the latest job, a former associate arrives with a daring plan to rob an armored car. The lure of so much cash is too tempting to resist but, unbeknown to Gordon's men, this heist puts them on a collision course with Russian mobsters and a detective (Matt Dillon) who will do anything to capture them.
Director
John Luessenhop
Producer
Will Packer, T.I., Jason Geter
Screenwriter
Peter Allen, Gabriel Casseus, John Luessenhop, Avery Duff
Distributor
Screen Gems
Production Co
Screen Gems
Rating
PG-13 (Intense Sequences of Violence|Intense Sequences of Action|Partial Nudity|Sexual Situations|Some Language)
Genre
Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 27, 2010, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 5, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA)
$57.7M
Runtime
1h 47m
Sound Mix
SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS
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