After watching Transformers 2 last night I was still in the mood for a guy flick, so when I arrived at the movie theater and found myself torn between The Switch and Takers I had to go with the one that had more hot guys. Sorry, Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman, but I still may see your movie before the weekend ends.
I like heist movies. I like watching a plan come together, from the prep to the execution. It's probably one of the few times I root for the bad guys in the movie. Well, the supposed bad guys. They're never really all that bad, which was the case with Takers. The story was pretty predictable and it followed the formula, so I wasn't really disappointed. I knew what I was getting into when I purchased the ticket.
What I wanted from this movie was a distraction. I wanted to see hot guys walking around looking hot and doing hot things like holding big guns while wearing nice suits. Did I get what I wanted? Hell yeah! It doesn't get much better than Paul Walker wearing a perfectly tailored suit in one scene then walking naked into a pool in the next one. Even though it cost me an arm and a leg, I was glad to have that ICEE nearby to cool me down.
Of course, Mr. Walker wasn't the only hottie on the screen. There was Idris Elba with his hot accent, Jay Hernandez with his hot boyish good looks, Matt Dillon with his hot bad-ass attitude and even Hayden Christensen looked surprisingly hot in his big fight scene.
This wasn't the best heist movie I've ever seen, but it was still entertaining. If you're looking for mindless good fun and a lot of eye candy (well, for the girls), then this is the end-of-summer flick for you. Otherwise, you can probably wait until it comes out on DVD.
