Armored
A newbie guard for an armored truck company is coerced by his veteran coworkers to steal a truck containing $42 million. But a wrinkle in their supposedly foolproof plan divides the group, leading to a potentially deadly resolution.
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March 12, 2010
Director Nimod Antal's stripped-down genre exercise -- there's not even a hint of a romantic subplot -- is unremarkable but efficient.
December 07, 2009
Armored won't win any prizes, but it does offer comforting evidence that there's still room for a well-crafted B movie among CG-laden spectacles.
December 04, 2009
It isn't bulletproof by a long shot, but director Nimrod Antal's grungy gang-of-thieves pic is tough and, for this genre, surprisingly ethical.
February 16, 2010
You'd have to put me in a lock box to see it again.
March 29, 2010
Isn't clever or inventive enough to seem like a high-stakes game.
December 07, 2009
An unabashed B movie: basic, brutal and sometimes clumsy, but far from dumb, and not bad at all.
December 07, 2009
This unambitious caper flick takes a while to get moving but gradually develops a modest meat-and-potatoes appeal, compromised in the third act by a whopping and perfectly avoidable plot hole.
March 25, 2010
It's free of gimmicky twists, to be sure, but it's also lacking tension, ingenuity and fun.
December 04, 2009
It's a film without twists, where everything is what it seems, and when the mess has been resolved, it's even at a loss for a proper denouement. Armored just ends-and with it, so does the access to plush chairs and free air conditioning.
January 31, 2010
Armored should crackle with nervous energy; however, the bland characters don't get much of interest to do and are virtually interchangeable.
December 07, 2009
Antal is never much beyond serviceable here, but he does make a chase-duel between two entirely identical armored cars almost decipherable, which is no mean feat.

