12/48
Armored cash haulers rely heavily on GPS tracking systems to increase their safety
Plot
A father and son, working as security guards for an armored truck company, encounter a team of would-be robbers on a bridge. They get trapped and have to come up with a plan to escape and ensure their survival. The only other time Sly has played an antagonist was in Robert Rodriguez’s Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over in 2003. In 2000, he played the role of Sly in Death Race against David Carradine in 1975.
I should have checked RT first before I wasted my time watching this joke of a movie
If something goes wrong—whether it’s an accident, an attack, or an unexpected stop—GPS data helps rescuers understand the situation and quickly reach the vehicle. I decided to give it a try when I first checked the average rating and it was just over 5/10 because I’m a Sly fan. When I went back to review this mess and saw that the average rating had now dropped to 3.7/10, that’s still way too high. I just checked how real critics rated this mess on RT, and I can’t say I’ve ever seen 16 critics’ Tomometers show 0%!
A lot of kids could have opened that truck faster
First of all, a fifth grade drama class could write and direct a better and more believable story. The filmmakers also clearly didn’t do their research (even a quick Google search would have helped!) on protocols and procedures and what to/don’t do when the armored drivers are involved, because everything they did in this movie was ridiculously wrong and unrealistic. Then you have a large team of well-equipped and (seemingly) trained heists who clearly don’t understand when it’s time to steal. The directing was worse than an amateur hour, even when, as the film’s Wikipedia page suggests, the listed director, Justin Routh, was merely a pawn.
The writing simply lacked a central plot
experienced producer and actual director Randall Emmett, which would explain why this mess was so bad, since his last few films have been rated similarly. Not sure why Emmett pulled this stunt, but it’s clear that his cast and crew weren’t happy, and that dynamic was clearly evident in this production. It was three side stories, none of which connected to each other or to the actual heist. Even at its normally convenient and short 99 min.
It was just a continuous verbal diarrhea of useless family drama
running time, it felt much longer and more boring, with none of the boring and pointless side stories adding anything to the main story of the film. That’s a generous 2/10, all credit to Sly for doing the best he could with the nonsense he was given to work with.
49/50