Style is the first thing anyone notices in a trailer, and the early images for this action thriller suggest the director has doubled down on the visual chaos that made his previous hit distinctive. That is a choice with consequences. A bold palette and unusual framing can make a familiar story feel new, but they can also overwhelm the plot if the pacing does not match the ambition. November thirteenth is close enough that audiences will soon have a verdict, and the marketing has so far focused on tone rather than narrative, which usually means the premise is simple and the execution is the selling point. What to watch for is clarity. Action scenes that look extraordinary but leave viewers unsure where anyone is standing tend to lose their hold in the second half. If the film keeps its geography legible while maintaining that energy, it will probably satisfy the people who enjoyed the earlier work, and might convert a few who did not.
Nicholas Houlthas spent plenty of time playing men who should never be allowed near other people’s money. After financing increasingly terrible meals inThe Menuandbuilding a business empire as Lex LuthorinSuperman, he’s taking a more direct approach inHow to Rob a Bank. His latest character skips the corporate headquarters and goes straight for the cash.
Discretion, however, does not appear to be part of the business plan. The new thriller follows a crew that broadcasts its robberies online, inviting an audience to not only watch crimes most people would prefer to commit without witnesses, but to learn how to commit robberies themselves. With action directorDavid Leitchbehind the camera, a getaway was always going to require more than quietly slipping out the back door. Collider can exclusively debut a new sneak peek fromHow to Rob a Bank, which arrives in theaters November 13. Titled “The System Is Corrupt,” the preview offers another look at the original action thriller from Amazon MGM Studios. Hoult leads an ensemble that includesZoë Kravitz, Anna Sawai, Pete Davidson, Rhenzy Feliz, Christian Slater,andJohn C. Reilly.
Four action series. One of them is built around exactly the way you handle pressure, people, and a room that has just gone very quiet. Here is where you would survive the trilogy, and probably headline it.
You are precision with a grudge. You don't posture, you don't escalate, and you don't warn anybody twice. That is exactly why the people who know you are so careful never to be the reason you start.
You understand the thing the whole franchise is secretly about: the cars are spectacular, but the crew is the point. You collect people, you keep them, and you'd drive through a building for any one of them.
You over-prepare and then take the dangerous part yourself anyway. It looks like control, but it's really responsibility. You have never worked out how to ask somebody else to carry the risk.
You are not the most trained person in the building, the best equipped, or the one anybody would have picked. You are simply the one still standing at the end, which turns out to be the only qualification that matters.
In Collider’s exclusive sneak peek,Zoë Kravitz and John C. Reillyare trying to make sense of the crew’s very public crime spree. Reilly’s character has a reasonable question: after robbing 15 banks, shouldn’t they have enough money to stop? Continuing to risk arrest is one thing, but posting the evidence on social media seems like an unnecessary favor to the people investigating them. Kravitz’s character sees a different motive: the robberies are making a point about a corrupt system and a system that’s broken, which means a pile of cash probably isn’t going to convince this crew to retire.
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The crew’s growing following comes with a fairly substantial downside: people hunting bank robbers can also use the internet. Their exploits attract a veteran FBI agent and a software engineer, whose combined efforts threaten to bring the operation down. Rather than take their winnings and disappear, the robbers commit to an even more ambitious job. That premise puts Leitch back among people whose confidence tends to survive well past the point when it should.Bullet Traintrapped competing killers together with very different ideas about how their assignments would go, whileThe Fall Guysent a stunt performer into a conspiracy that demanded rather more than his usual professional willingness to get knocked around. Here, the criminals have the added complication of an audience. Every successful robbery gives them another reason to believe they can get away with the next one.
Collider is also hosting an early screening ofHow to Rob a Bankon November 11, andyou can win tickets to the event here.How to Rob a Bankopens in theaters November 13.
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