Hayden Christensen's new movie "Takers"

This weekend I went to see "Takers", which is the new Hayden Christensen movie. Christensen plays A.J., one of the Takers, and Matt Dillon plays Jack Wells, the main police officer in the film. The Takers are a team of sophisticated bank robbers, and a lot of the movie is very much like "The Italian Job" (2003 w/ Charlize Theron, Mark Wahlberg). The other takers are played by Paul Walker (plays John Rahway), Idris Elba (Gordon Jennings), Michael Ealy (Jake Attica), and Chris Brown (Jesse Attica). Tip Harris plays the role of Ghost, a former partner of the Takers who just got out of jail and claims to have a great job for them to pull off. The only problem is, Ghost is in leagues with Russian Mobsters who later are revealed to want all of the money for themselves. The job they have to pull is very much like the ending of The Italian Job, as they set out to rob 2 armored cars by bombing the street from underneath them. This is a film where there are multiple protagonists. The film compells the audience to care about Matt Dillon, as well as care about the Takers, despite the Takers being robbers and Matt Dillon being a cop. About half the storyline is devoted to Matt Dillon trying to find out who the Takers are and connect them to their most recent bank robbery where the cameras only caught them with their masks on. The other half the movie revolves around the Takers planning their next job, the job Ghost planned. They have the route the armored cars are taking, and they have the street map and the technology to access the traffic light system. The difference in this movie is that the armored car drivers are armed and they fight back with guns. This movie also sees many of its leads killed or injured, since it is later apparent that Ghost was playing the russians against the Takers to try and get them to kill each other off once the job is done. Ghost tells the russians where the Takers are hiding, and then locks the bathroom door and jumps out the window. The russians and the Takers get into a gun fight where Hayden's character dies, a scene that made me feel like crying. Then the Takers start to kill off many of the Russians, which is followed by all but two of the Takers dying, and the last two Takers do escape. They realize Ghost was behind this ambush, and find him at the airport ready to board an airplane with all the money. Another gunfight ensues and by this point Matt Dillon tracks them down, which is when Matt Dillon gets shot. Ghost finally gets killed at this point, and the two remaining Takers are able to make off with all the money. Although half the actors in the movie are african-american, this movie is not a hip hop movie. It is accessible to all audiences.

For more information & games visit the official website:
http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/takers/site/

Here is the trailer:


Before the feature film "Takers", one of the previews caught my eye. "My Soul To Take" is the new Wes Craven film, out October 8th, and it features an actor who has worked with Hayden in the past. In Hayden's 2008 movie Jumper, Max Thieriot played the younger David Rice (the later David was Hayden's character). He did an outstanding job and struck me as a great new talent who would has promising career potential. Now he is cast in the lead role of the latest Wes Craven (Scream, A Nightmare On Elm Street) movie. A movie I intend to see.

Here is the official website:
http://www.iamrogue.com/mysoultotake

Here is the trailer:


Also, September 13th is the season premiere of Season 4 of Gossip Girl. Here's a sneak peak: