The film follows a group of professional bank robbers Michael Ealy, Chris Brown, Hayden Christensen, Paul Walker, Idris Elba who specialize in spectacular robberies, as they are pulled into one last job by a recently paroled cohort (T.I) only to be pitted against a hard-boiled detective (Matt Dillon) and his partner (Jay Hernandez) who interrupt their heist. Dubbed the male version of Set It Off, over the weekend the film snatched the number one spot (beating out Eli Roth's The Last Exorcism) earning $20,512,304. Also, the films attendance was 50% greater than similiar films such as Dead Presidents, ATL & Street Kings.
In my opinion, the film could have been just a few more minutes longer. I would have liked to see more action scenes and a little bit more character devolpment. Due to the lack of that, the film, at times felt like a sequel. Chris Brown did an awesome job and wowed me with his spider-man performance. While TI's acting & dialouge seemed a bit questionable at times, I do think he will devlop into a quite impressive actor. Just look at LL Cool J!
If you have not had a chance to check this movie out, it DOES live up to all the hype surrounding it!
Sidebar: Opening weekend Ti was all over Atlanta & surrounding areas buying movie goers tickets to the film. How lucky were they?
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