Armored

Available on DVD, I found Armored to be an absolute snooze fest. The plot centers around a cadre of disgruntled veteran armored car security guards who hatch a scheme to rip off their own armored car and blame it on someone else. (What a concept!) They take along a new security guard Ty Hackett who at first flat out refuses to take part in the heist but falls on hard times and is left with little choice.

Laurence Fishburne is in this one playing the character Baine. I found this character not too dissimilar from the mentally disturbed character (Nolan) he played in Predators. He needs to be careful not to get type-cast playing this type of role.  Matt Dillon is Mike Cochrane, Jean Reno (The Professional) is Quinn who should really be looking for better roles. Milo Ventimiglia (Peter Petrelli from Heroes) stars as Eckehart and finally Columbus Short (The Losers, Stomp The Yard) as Ty Hackett who is really the star of the movie.

Ty is assured by his co-workers that no one will get hurt.  How many times have you heard that before in a movie? So what’s the first thing that happens? Yes, that’s right.  Someone gets hurt.  In a not too unexpected reversal of allegiance Ty turns hero and saves a wounded cop Eckehart and turns against his former friends.  Somewhere in between all this I took a sound nap.

The only positive thing I can say about this movie is that it serves as a vehicle for Columbus Short to showcase his acting ability, which was not too shabby.  Aside from that, this movie can be absolutely skipped. The movie was predictable and dry. Out of 5 fingers I’m giving this DVD rental a 1.5.