Masterminds 2016

What Would You Do With $17 Million?

5.7 / 10   1672 vote(s)
PG-13
Action Comedy Crime

A night guard at an armored car company in the Southern U.S. organizes one of the biggest bank heists in American history.

Homepage http://www.mastermindsmovie.com
Release Date 2016-09-29
Runtime 1h 35m
Directors Jared Hess, Erik Wilson, Elliott Glick, Scott August, Michelle Malley Campos, Richard L. Fox, Sebastian Mazzola, Steven Ritzi, Pete Waterman, Adam Stone, Peter Zuccarini
Producers Danny McBride, Lorne Michaels, Patrick Peach, Jared Underwood, Andrew C. Robinson, Erin David, Ken Halsband, Brett Dahl, Brent Almond, Tucker Tooley, Jody Hill, Dana Brunetti, D. Scott Lumpkin, Adam Fields, Jill Sobel Messick, Kevin J. Messick, Paige Williams, John Goldwyn, Jerry Lasky, Andrew Panay, Joseph Nicholas, Ryan Kavanaugh, Joshua D. Comen, Louis-Simon Ménard, Sean Nowlan, Jan-Fryderyk Pleszczynski, Peter Skovsbo
Writers Chris Bowman, Hubbel Palmer, Emily Spivey

Man tends to do crazy stuffs for a woman, but stealing $17m is too crazy.

The film reminded me 'Pain & Gain', only for inspiring from the real and being the comedy flicks. Other than that there's nothing in common between them. I have been expecting a lot from Zack since 'The Hangover', but it was always the near missed opportunities. I'm not saying this was his much needed breakthrough, but quite enjoyable film.

An honest man who worked long enough as a guard for a bank, was approached by his ex colleague and her men with an offer. Since he was madly in love with her, he could not say no to it, despite he already got engaged to another woman. As planned the heist goes on and once it was done, he was ditched and ratted out. Now on the run, how he responds to it and the following events decides his fate.

Not a great comedy nor a heist film, but it had its moments. The casting was good and it was Zack's show. The rest of them were not into that much, except in the final act. Jason Sudeikis was a bonus. His appearance added more fun. Now I know why Jim Carrey opted out. Owen Wilson's part was not good enough in such a small role, he did good though. Watching it for timepass is fine or even for beyond that seems not a bad try.

7/10

Reno

This on-again, off-again comedy should probably be funnier than it is but it suffers from the same plague inflicting many comedies today: relying too much on over-the-top, stupid bits.

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