The chase scenes and shootings are exciting but other than that the plot goes nowhere due to some very bad writing.

Yes, the theory goes that there is no honor among thieves, but this overly violent film is just too much to take.

There is so much double crossing here that I don't know where to start. Matt Dillon, a very good actor, plays a cop here who discovers that his partner has stolen money. In chasing thieves, Dillon takes his young daughter along. Why didn't he at least drop her off?

Hell hath no fury as when the Russian mob is scorned and they plot revenge.

No one can be trusted in this film and with the writing the way it is, that is so true.

Every once in a while, I like a nice, mind-numbing adventure film that is pure entertainment. Takers is a good example.

The film stars Matt Dillon, Jay Hernandez, Idris Elba, Paul Walker, T.I., Hayden Christensen, Michael Ealy, Steve Harris, Johnathon Schaech, Zoe Saldana, and Marianne Jean-Baptiste.

A professional group of robbers is approached by a member (T.I.) who was just released from prison. He has an incredible plan to take down an armored truck full of millions. The group decides to go for it.

Dillon and Hernandez are the two cops who are working to take them down after a recent bank robbery. A slip-up by the drug-addicted sister of one of the crooks puts the cops hot on his trail.

The last half hour of this movie is one of the longest and best chases on foot I've ever seen, followed by a massive shootout - it's nonstop action all the way.

As someone mentioned, not every film is Shawshank Redemption or Citizen Kane. There is room for this type of adventure flick - good thing, because there are plenty of them.

I found it highly entertaining, the story helped by a strong cast.

Borrowing a lot from The Asphalt Jungle and from the Al Pacino/Robert DeNiro teaming in Heat, Takers is one fast paced action drama about two cops trying to take down a really good professional gang. The two cops are Matt Dillon and Jay Hernandez and the gang is a variety of good actors.

Both the cops and crooks have their internal problems. The Internal Affairs Department is looking at Hernandez for stealing the cash of a drug dealer that he and Dillon had taken down. All for a good cause mind you, his kid is on dialysis and the medical bills are more than he would earn in a lifetime.

As for the crooks T.I. Harris was part of the gang who was just released from prison and the rest don't quite trust him for some really good reasons as it turns out. And Idris Elba one of the leaders as a crack addicted older sister who 'raised' him and who is his Achille's heel. In the end you got the distinct impression she'll be more effective bringing her brother to justice than the police will be.

Best in the film I thought was Jay Hernandez whose scene with Dillon after the higher ups in the LAPD have told him his partner is going down is priceless. It's one of the best indictments of the US Healthcare System ever put on screen.

Takers moves pretty quickly so be wide awake when you see it, lest you miss something good.