Takers

TAKERS (2010) - Oct. 1, 2010
This actually started off decently enough -- silly and completely cliched, but kind of entertaining.  But not a whole lot happens in the midsection, and at almost two hours the film overstays its welcome by a longshot.  It also doesn't help that John Luessenhop's direction is kind of iffy.  It's decent for the most part, but his over-reliance on the old shakey-cam/quick-cut trope sullies the action, and completely ruins a long foot chase that should have been pretty awesome.  Other than that, the characters were all pretty generic, and no one made much of an impact with the possible exception of Idris Ebla, who deserves way better than this and seriously needs to start making better choices (his last few American films were this, the Losers, Obsessed, and the Unborn.  The man needs to get a better agent if it's not already too late, because he's definitely a good actor).  **