Review of Wheelman (2017) by Random V — 19 Oct 2017

So a man one year out of prison goes on a heist with 2 guys he does not know without knowing where "the drop" is from the organizer he cannot reach by phone. He gets a call from an unlisted number unknown who tells him to leave the 2 inside guys and tells him to count the take and then he drives into a blind alley with $230,000 after receiving a text saying he and Clay (the organizer who set this up) are dead.

This is about as unlikely a sequence as possible - nobody can be that stupid. I simply don't get the 83% positive rating despite thinking the lead is good & the mood is frenetic noir. I get the film is purposely unsettling & it succeeds at being edgy - but really? What kind of con would lack the suspicious nature bred behind bars and allow himself to become manipulated in such an obvious chaotic unprofessional "plan" (or rather the complete lack of a plan) This story is simply beyond believable and that's a quality required of this genre.