The lead police officer has marital problems and engages in a rivalry with the lead bad guy.
The bad guys are all muscular / ex-military and capable with guns, but their plans are intricate and smart, so the guns and muscles aren't really justified or sensible, but hey, it's an action movie, so why not both?
The bad guys are always angry, because they're bad guys.
Not only does the lead police officer have marital problems, he also likes to bend the rules.
The movie is very much channelling Michael Mann's masterpiece, Heat; but also, these guys must've seen Ocean's Eleven (for overly complex robberies) and maybe Fast & The Furious (for unnecessary guns and muscle), then decided to mash all of them together.
I still enjoy crime movies, but this film was a fairly derivative work that would've been forgettable, had Gerard Butler and Ice Cube not managed to shine through and take this over the line.
The bad guys are all muscular / ex-military and capable with guns, but their plans are intricate and smart, so the guns and muscles aren't really justified or sensible, but hey, it's an action movie, so why not both?
The bad guys are always angry, because they're bad guys.
Not only does the lead police officer have marital problems, he also likes to bend the rules.
The movie is very much channelling Michael Mann's masterpiece, Heat; but also, these guys must've seen Ocean's Eleven (for overly complex robberies) and maybe Fast & The Furious (for unnecessary guns and muscle), then decided to mash all of them together.
I still enjoy crime movies, but this film was a fairly derivative work that would've been forgettable, had Gerard Butler and Ice Cube not managed to shine through and take this over the line.