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Saturday, September 04, 2010
'Takers' entertains so long as it keeps moving
G.W. Clift
G.W. Clift
G.W. Clift, arts critic

John Lussenhop's movie "Takers" is a contemporary heist picture told from two and a half points of view, as are most heist movies anymore. We see the events from the multiple perspective of the guys in an integrated bank-robbing squad. We see the events of a set of parallel investigations being carried on by cliche bad father cop Jack (Matt Dillon).

And eventually, for a brief passage of time, we see some associated business from the point of view of ex-con and former squad member, Ghost. He's the one who contacts the Russian Mafia. This is the sort of movie where cops are bad fathers or good ones to a fault, the sort of movie where crooks don't seem to have anything else to do and where the Russian Mafia must make an appearance. 

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