Review of Heist (2015) by Kevin P — 04 Nov 2018

Strengths: For the most part, the acting in this movie is strong. Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Luke Vaughn), Robert De Niro (Francis Silva), and Dave Bautista (Jason Cox) are all very strong throughout. Even the smaller work from Mark-Paul Gosselaar (Marconi) is good. I like how the movie isnï¿ 1/2(TM)t tour traditional bank robbery flick. Moving the action to the bus they attempt to flee on allows for unexpected twists, tense moments, and sets up a pretty great plat twist down at the very end. Ultimately, they do a very good job keeping the story and drama contained in the confines of the bus.

Weaknesses: Itï¿ 1/2(TM)s hard to buy into the character choices Krizia Bajos (Gina Carano). This is an officer who helps these criminals out of trust for Vaughn. That would work if it was earned. Instead, it happens in her first scene and is based totally just off a look she gets from him. Itï¿ 1/2(TM)s not a small assist, either. She risks her career and lives to do this. It makes no sense. While the movie has several nice twists, most of the plot is straightforward from this kind of contained story and for every cool twist, thereï¿ 1/2(TM)s a very predictable moment. Kate Bosworth (Sydney Silva) gets high billing, but is barely in the film and underutilized.

Overall: This quick review wraps up with me simply saying that this is a solid movie. It clearly has many issues, but has enough twists and good performances to be enjoyable.