Armored is a movie which I knew nothing about. The IMDB scores weren’t very high, so I decided to watch the trailer to check out if it might be worth watching. The trailer starts with a spectacular robbery of a money transport truck which has been filmed very well. So I stopped the trailer and decided to watch the movie. It looked like the perfect movie for a friday night. There are quite a few famous actors in it (Matt Dillon, Jean Reno, Laurence Fishburn), so surely it’s must be an ok movie?
Unfortunately I was disappointed. The movie doesn’t spend enough time fleshing out he various characters and their backgrounds. Because of this you really don’t know them and you don’t care what happens to them. They are almost interchangeable.
The setup for this movie had a lot of potential, the execution though disappoints. Too little use has been made of all the acting talent that is present and you really have to be willing to believe that some things are possible/impossible.
At the end of the movie I had the feeling that this movie could have been so much more, thus explaining the score below.
You won’t miss anything by not watching this movie, so decide for yourself (maybe by watching the trailer) if it’s something you would like to watch.
Score: 5
Armored also relies heavily on genre convention, deriving from movies like Die Hard and Panic Room. Despite its flaws, this heist movie entertains with some cool explosions and exciting action sequences.
It’s not a movie I would recommend watching. Like you say on your blog it might be a rental, but really only when there is nothing else worth renting.