It knows exactly what it wants to do and does it with a minimum of muss and fuss and that is more than I can say for a lot of the other movies that I have seen lately.
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Armored (2009)
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Reviews Counted:30
Fresh:14
Rotten:16
Average Rating:5/10
Consensus: This B-grade thriller has a good cast and director but is undone by plot holes and messy conclusion.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Theatrical Release:Dec 4, 2009 Wide
Box Office: $11,750,895
Synopsis: 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... [More]
Starring: Matt Dillon, Jean Reno, Laurence Fishburne, Skeet Ulrich
Director: Nimrod Antal
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Reviews for Armored
stands head-and-shoulders above inept Oscar bait the likes of The Lovely Bones and Nine
12/16/09
What happens when someone leads you into temptation?
12/12/09
While it is completely predictable Armored is also efficient and suspenseful.
12/11/09
There isn't nearly enough time devoted to the relationships among the men at the beginning, which undermines what happens to them all later on.
12/11/09
The low-level desperation and the wavering of consciences, against a working-class backdrop in a slumping neighbourhood, turns this into not just a fairly gripping heist-gone-wrong movie, but a fairly gritty reflection of an anxious, bankrupted America.
12/11/09
Simpson's dialogue flies like a flat-footed homage to Mamet or Tarantino.
12/09/09
What distinguishes this robbery-gone-wrong flick is the authentically blue-collar vibe, as well as its stellar ensemble cast and terrific direction from Vacancy’s Nimrod Antal.
12/09/09
A surprisingly tight heist movie that is much better than you expect. The solid cast of actors take you on a wild ride.
12/08/09
An unabashed B movie: basic, brutal and sometimes clumsy, but far from dumb, and not bad at all.
12/07/09
Top CriticArmored won't win any prizes, but it does offer comforting evidence that there's still room for a well-crafted B movie among CG-laden spectacles.
12/07/09
Top CriticThis unambitious caper flick takes a while to get moving but gradually develops a modest meat-and-potatoes appeal, compromised in the third act by a whopping and perfectly avoidable plot hole.
12/07/09
Top CriticAntal is never much beyond serviceable here, but he does make a chase-duel between two entirely identical armored cars almost decipherable, which is no mean feat.
12/07/09
Armored has a decent second half but the use of obvious metaphors, cliches and amateur film making knocks the film down to a satisfactory rental.
12/06/09
Has a pleasingly gritty feel thanks to its use of chilly, metallic urban locations -- and at only 88 minutes, it's a very streamlined, no-nonsense genre film.
12/05/09
Skeletal in its characters and its plot... [C]an't decide what it wants to be...
12/05/09
The heist goes awry, but not as badly as the movie.
12/05/09
B-schlock, best served as someone's tax write-off.
12/05/09
It’s a film without twists, where everything is what it seems, and when the mess has been resolved, it’s even at a loss for a proper denouement. Armored just ends—and with it, so does the access to plush chairs and free air conditioning.
12/04/09
It isn’t bulletproof by a long shot, but director Nimrod Antal’s grungy gang-of-thieves pic is tough and, for this genre, surprisingly ethical.
12/04/09
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