Takers

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Takers

PG-13

2010

1h 47m

Action

Crime

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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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.

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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

09/11/2017

B-

Check out Takers for end of the summer fun. Leave your brain at home.

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Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

06/08/2011

C

A mini-Michael Mann effort populated by one-dimensional clichs.

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Andrea Gronvall

Chicago Reader

01/03/2011

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.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

08/09/2023

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.

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Rene Jordan

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

08/10/2022

Takers collects massacres with enthusiasm… at the border of abstract surrealism. [Full review in Spanish]

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

11/30/2020

4/10

What starts off as a perfectly good, generic heist movie transitions into a contrived mess of overblown theatrics and predictable character twists.

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Dillon4412 D

@Dillon55 Mar 19

A movie with lots of familiar faces. Lots of action. Matt Dillon is always good.

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Damon G

@Dmoney420 Feb 22

Super dope bank heist energy loved it

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Noel L

@RT15930389 Feb 13

Kind of felt like a more recent rip off of Heat, with a dash of True Romance and The Italian Job. However, lacking quality a bit

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Daniel S

@Daan00Bond Dec 27

Without spoiling the movie for you, I'm just going to say this... The ending is way to open ended, and could have been better executed. Spoiler alert... They could have used the financial guys plain to get away at end of the movie, or shown how the guys get onto the final flight "get away plane", but the just driving aways thing wasn't a good ending to a good movie. Final take for me, I'd recommend you watch the movie, but hold onto your seat because you're going on an emotional rollercoaster of an action movie.

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@RT91120088 Jun 17

We're takers, gents.

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Brian E

@RT09885993 04/24/2025

Total crap, no tension, bad acting.

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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