Plot
A group of professional bank robbers (Michael Ealy, Chris Brown, Paul Walker, Idris Elba and Hayden Christensen), who specialize in spectacular robberies, are pulled into one last job by a recently paroled cohort (T.I) who only to be pitted against a hard-boiled detective (Matt Dillon) who interrupts their heist.
CastMatt Dillon as Jack Welles, a hard-boiled detective who interrupts the bank robbers' heist.
Paul Walker as John Rahway, the bagman
T.I. as Ghost, the smooth talker.[ "Ghost is a guy who was once the head of this crew. [...] I took a hit on the last job. I got shot and went to prison. [...] Now I'm back out. The crew has gone on to do other jobs. Their position is, 'We've held your money for you. It's been collecting interest.' I'm like, 'Yeah, OK, but I got a job I wanna do,'" T.I. said. Filming of the movie was scheduled around T.I.'s legal complications, which stemmed from weapons possession charges in late 2007. T.I. was one of the film's producers.
Jay Hernandez as Eddie Hatcher
Michael Ealy as Jake Attica, the gunman.
Chris Brown as Jesse Attica, the runner, and Jake's younger brother "I'm the flashy guy that gets the guys in a lot of trouble at the end of the day," Brown said of his character
Hayden Christensen as A.J., the builder.
Marianne Jean-Baptiste as April-May
Zoë Saldaña as Rachel Jansen
Johnathon Schaech as David Breckinridge
Takers Release Date: August 27, 2010
Studio: Screen Gems (Sony)
Director: John Luessenhop
Screenwriter: Peter Allen, Gabriel Casseus, John Luessenhop, Avery Duff
Starring: Matt Dillon, Paul Walker, Idris Elba, Jay Hernandez, Tip "T.I." Harris, Michael Ealy, Chris Brown, Hayden Christensen
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for intense sequences of violence and action, a sexual situation/partial nudity and some language)
Official Website: WhoAretheTakers.com
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Plot Summary: "Takers," directed by John Luessenhop, revolves around a notorious group of criminals (Idris Elba, Paul Walker, T.I., Chris Brown, Hayden Christensen and Michael Ealy) who continue to baffle police by pulling off perfectly executed bank robberies. They are in and out like clockwork, leaving no evidence behind and laying low in between heists. But when they attempt to pull off one last job with more money at stake than ever before, the crew may find their plans interrupted by a hardened detective (Matt Dillon) who is hell-bent on solving the case.
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