How to Rob A Bank

How to Rob a Bank (Rated R)

Running time: 1 hr 21 mins

Cast:

Nick Stahl
Erika Christensen
Gavin Rossdale
Terry Crews

Critical consensus (www.rottentomatoes.com):

*1/2 out of *****

My consensus:

**** out of *****



The premise: Caught in the middle of a bank robbery, a slacker and a bank employee become the ones who arbitrate the intense situation.

My review: . This should have been a wide release, big hit. It's clever, sleek, and sophisticated crime thriller/comedy. Yes , comedy. The premise is great. It starts with Nick Stahl locked in a vault with Erika Christianson. The bank they are in is being robbed. Christianson is part of the robbery, Stahl is just a regular Joe, pissed off about a service charge he got at the ATM. When the robbery began, Stahl ran to the vault, with locked by itself as the alarms went off, so now he's trapped with one of the robbers. Or is she? Whose side is she on? Is she a pawn, is she the head honcho? I won't say. But what follows is a great and what I think, is an original bank robbery storyline. You have the cops/SWAT outside, the robbers with guns in the branch, and the two characters I mentioned above locked in the vault. All three have their own agendas. The humor within, is witty and smart. And all of it is played rather wonderfully by the cast. Nick Stahl is great here. Who surprised me was Erika Christianson. Normally I find her to be an awful, dreadful actress, but in this movie, she was really engaging and you really get in to her character. David Carradine has a cool role in this movie too, I won't say what, but it's good fun. This movie is really fun and extremely entertaining from start to finish.