[The movie] falls to bits pretty badly in the home-straight and the story tosses any credibility out the window. But, by that time, the film has earned enough goodwill that you'll be prepared to just sit back and enjoy it until the credits roll.

| Jul 19, 2023

...a stirring premise that’s employed to watchable yet far-from-spectacular effect...

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 6, 2023

By all accounts, this by-the-numbers buddy-cop movie should have stayed hidden on the top shelf where it has been left for the past four years.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 3, 2022

There's a strange realism to the action, with characters not quite able to conduct parkour movements in that effortless, superhuman manner of Bond or Bourne.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Dec 5, 2020

It's not the worst film in the world, but it is painfully mediocre.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 3, 2019

It's not a bad film at all. It's a little dry at times but the story is interesting and compelling.

| Aug 21, 2018

If the film's explosive opening is simply a case of poor timing, its last half-hour is just poor movie-making, with a twist that comes as little surprise and a final bit of storyline that doesn't remotely convince.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 24, 2017

Pay attention to the details and you may get rewarded at the end.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 20, 2017

As far as action films go, the raised expectations of the first half of the film arguably heighten the disappointment of the clichd finale.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 15, 2017

"The Take" is just your run-of-the-mill Euro-thriller that putt-putts along like a weary 온라인카지노추천 cop show.

| Original Score: D | Feb 5, 2017

This thriller begins with a strong, relevant idea -- using a fake terrorist attack to mask another crime -- but the poor storytelling soon demotes it to a forgettable throwaway.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 19, 2017

If you're looking for some quick, adrenaline-pumped entertainment - and clocking in at ninety minutes, it welcomingly abstains from a gratuitous running time - Bastille Day fits the bill.

| Jan 3, 2017

The ever-watchable Idris Elba and a handful of muscular action sequences are scuppered by a flaky-pastry plot which badly misjudges subject matter warranting more considered exploration.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 2, 2017

Bond and Bourne fans will notice the drop in budget, but this rollicking spy flick will fill a gap until Matt Damon returns to the spy game in July.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 31, 2016

It doesn't have any pretensions at all, unless you count the mostly English cast, who resiliently pretend the film is an American action movie, with an American budget, for a whole 92 minutes.

| Dec 18, 2016

The Take is one busy, busy action flick. It also does something I never thought could be done: It makes the consistently charismatic Idris Elba look unappealing.

| Dec 15, 2016

Ultimately, The Take makes a better case for itself as an extended 온라인카지노추천 pilot than as a film.

| Original Score: 5.5/10 | Dec 15, 2016

This film is pure entertainment, is like a great continuous pursuit by la Ville lumire, with the great Idris Elba. [Full review in Spanish]

| Dec 2, 2016

One of those thrillers in which the logic of the argument doesn't matter so much because of the effectiveness of the action scenes. [Full review in Spanish]

| Nov 24, 2016

The urban Parisian locales form an intriguing backdrop for an otherwise formulaic action thriller.

| Nov 18, 2016