ARMORED
1 out of 5 stars

i should have known... anything with matt dillon is bound to stink of poo, but i had to give it a chance due to the fact that laurence fishburne (AKA the kennedy center's thurgood marshall) and the always great frenchie jean reno would deliver... i guess i should always stick with my instincts! :P


i was expecting some kind of interesting heist type of plot, but this one just failed on me... very disappointing even with a stellar cast! basically, the gist of the movie is that matt dillon, columbus short (the brother w/ the drugs in death at a funeral!), laurence, jean reno, amaury something (AKA sucre from prison break!), and skeet ulrich (RANDOM!) are armored vehicle security guards. they come up with a very loose plan to steal 42 million dollars from their own security company, but things get problematic when one of them shoots a homeless man, who happens to come upon them right when they're stashing the money in an abandoned building...

the heist is so simple that you can't help but think...OMG these ppl are so stupid! do they honestly think the cops/FBI would just BELIEVE that they got jacked? plus, the heist is not creative at all. there is a bit of intensity through the eyes of the "hero", but very momentarily... i was confused to whether this was suppose to be more psychological (where it lacked character depth) or was it just straight-up "shoot-em-up" style action? (where it lacked any action)

also, don't they know that stealing newly minted dollars can be...TRACED??? honestly, stealing real currency in this day & age is pretty much useless due to the fact that it'll all be traced back to the person who spends the dough. sigh... another ridiculously disappointing movie to stay away from... :(