Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on March 2010

It may be possible to make a less inspired heist-gone-wrong flick, but I don’t know how. Surprising that it comes from Nimrod Antal, who did the tight motel-from-hell number, Vacancy. Bunch of squandered actors (Matt Dillon, Jean Reno, Skeet Ulrich, even Laurence Fishburne) dutifully play armored truck guards planning to rip off $42 million. They bring in the new guy (Columbus Short) at the last minute (meticulous planning) but he’s really a good guy, and after the first unintentional killing, he locks himself in one of the trucks. Every frame is predictable, right down to the flaccid ending.