![]() (PaPa, B, LLL, VVV, S, N, A, DD, MM) Strong mixed pagan worldview that makes a band of bank robbers a bit too glamorous at times, mitigated by moral elements regarding the sympathetic police detective tracking them down about 64 obscenities (including three possible muffled “f” words), 12 strong profanities and one light profanity very strong violence includes much gunfire, violent bank robbery, slow motion shootout between gangs in hotel, police chase robber on foot through crowds and office building, thieves shoot at police and armored car guards, people shot, implied murder of girl by jealous former boyfriend, explosions rip large hole in street, two armored cars fall into large hole in street, explosion blows up helicopter implied sex when nude man enters Jacuzzi with two women, prostitute shown on a street and engaged couple share a long kiss rear male nudity in one scene and man shown in tight underwear in another scene alcohol use smoking and woman has a drug problem and gets arrested and, stealing, betrayal, bank robbery, armored car robbery, lying, crooks scare innocent bystanders, and cop steals money to pay for son’s dialysis while wife is unemployed but is caught. There is also plenty of foul language, a Jacuzzi scene and very strong violence. Regrettably, the high living bank robbers are a bit too glamorous. Several good performances hold the movie together. TAKERS is fairly entertaining, despite some bad photography and an unresolved ending. Complicating the new plan are the lead thief’s drug-addicted sister, who wants to return to their Caribbean homeland, and a Russian gang secretly in cahoots with the old friend who can’t be trusted. This violates their method of lying low for a least a year between heists. The heist has to be done in five days, however. As Welles and his troubled partner, Eddie, track down the thieves, an old buddy gets out of jail with a plan to steal $25 million from two armored cars. They are doggedly pursued by Detective Jack Welles, played by reliable Matt Dillon. The action starts with a slick robbery of a Cal Fed bank where the robbers commandeer a news helicopter to make their planned getaway. ![]() TAKERS is a frenetic crime thriller about a Los Angeles police detective trying to take down a sophisticated, gun-toting band of urban bank robbers.
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