Review: Takers

For a film about a gang of thieves, it's kind of apt that Takers liberally steals from the Ocean's Eleven template. As Idris Elba is the only one with the acting chops to match up to Clooney's crew, Taker's wisely focuses most of the plot on his character and the usual clichéd struggle to pull off one last job.

Matt Dillon plays a cop with troubled family life and a corrupt partner, but neither story really goes anywhere - same with most of the minor members of the crew who get a small bit of back story before a couple of Heat-style shoot outs finish things off.