Takers (2010)

The disparate cast tries hard to bring some personality to the movie, but their characters seem short-changed by the bad writing. Rapper Tip "T.I." Harris -- who also co-produced -- brings a kind of sinister, snaky quality to his ex-con, but poor Saldana fares the worst of all, showing none of the toughness she exhibited in earlier movies. She's now just a "waiting, worrying" girlfriend.

Four credited writers and rookie director John Luessenhop can't make it credible that these five, careful, meticulous planners would take on the armored car job based on information from someone they don't trust. From there, the movie falls to pieces in the midst of well-staged, but poorly-shot, and ultimately ridiculous action sequences; it's all rather rushed and joyless. It culminates in an increasing rain of violence, and since none of the characters has any redeeming values, it almost doesn't matter who is left standing. Yet, there may still be some "so-bad-it's-good" value to the movie.