Armored Reviews
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Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
Director Nimod Antal's stripped-down genre exercise -- there's not even a hint of a romantic subplot -- is unremarkable but efficient.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
Total Film
Armored's first half is an overwrought, eye-rolling bro-venture, but once the actual robbery takes place, the film ratchets up into a solid testosterone-soaked thriller.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Financial Times
Things are jollied along by some very stiff acting, especially from Dillon. The film, shot in crisp widescreen, is surprisingly pleasant to look at. It is also surprisingly restrained.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Independent
The internecine calamity that ensues is nicely paced by Nimród Antal - great name- and played with full-grimace intensity by Laurence Fishburne, Jean Reno, Skeet Ulrich and, the single phoner in the performances, Fred Ward. A safe bet for a DVD night.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Daily Express
Not a classic like Reservoir Dogs but a perfectly watchable thriller thanks to a cast of old pros.
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| Original Score: 3/5
eFilmCritic.com
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.
Filmcritic.com
stands head-and-shoulders above inept Oscar bait the likes of The Lovely Bones and Nine
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| Original Score: 3/5
Boxoffice Magazine
While it is completely predictable Armored is also efficient and suspenseful.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)
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.
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.
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| Original Score: 3/5
jackiekcooper.com
A surprisingly tight heist movie that is much better than you expect. The solid cast of actors take you on a wild ride.
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| Original Score: 6/10
An unabashed B movie: basic, brutal and sometimes clumsy, but far from dumb, and not bad at all.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Armored 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.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Common Sense Media
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.
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| Original Score: 3/5
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.
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| Original Score: 3/5
ComingSoon.net
A strong high concept heist thriller, sometimes hindered by the predictability of the genre and it's marketing but regularly salvaged by the movie's strong direction and the quality of the cast.
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| Original Score: 7/10
Slant Magazine
Features Antal's characteristic emphasis on his characters rather than the situations into which they're thrust.
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| Original Score: 3/4
Like the guards in the film, Armored knows it has a job to do, and established procedures to follow, and that it's just another day at the office. But if a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well ...
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| Original Score: 3/5
