A newbie guard for an armored truck company is coerced by his veteran coworkers to steal a truck containing $42 million. But a wrinkle in their supposedly foolproof plan divides the group, l... Read allA newbie guard for an armored truck company is coerced by his veteran coworkers to steal a truck containing $42 million. But a wrinkle in their supposedly foolproof plan divides the group, leading to a potentially deadly resolution.A newbie guard for an armored truck company is coerced by his veteran coworkers to steal a truck containing $42 million. But a wrinkle in their supposedly foolproof plan divides the group, leading to a potentially deadly resolution.
Gerry Carbajal
- Guard
- (uncredited)
Mike Cochrane
- Hotdog Stand Patron
- (uncredited)
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- Writer
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- TriviaThe film was accidentally released by Sony on the PlayStation Network for free whilst it was still playing in cinemas. Although the mistake was quickly spotted - and the film pulled from PlayStation - it was downloaded thousands of times.
- GoofsThe idea of taking out the pins in order to get into the truck would not work. Even if they had gotten all the pins out, the locking mechanism would still hold the door in place.
- Crazy creditsThere are no opening titles
- ConnectionsReferenced in Hewy's Animated Movie Reviews: The Princess and the Frog (2009)
- SoundtracksThe Candy Song
Written by Christopher Allen Goss (as Christopher Goss) and Tim Harrington
Performed by Masters of Reality
Courtesy of Delicious Vinyl
By Arrangement with Shelly Bay Music
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An Almost Perfect Plan
The war veteran Ty Hackett (Columbus Short) is hired to work as security guard by the Eagle Shield Security where his old friend Mike Cochroone (Matt Dyllon) works. Ty is having financial difficulties after the death of his father and is raising his brother Jimmy (Andre Jamal Kinney) alone. He teams up with Mike's brother-in-law Baines (Laurence Fishburne) and their coworkers Quinn (Jean Reno), Palmer (Amaury Nolasco) and Dobbs (Skeet Ulrich). One night, Mike invites Ty to robber the two armored trucks that will transport forty-two million dollars. The reluctant Ty accepts after the promise of Mike that nobody would be hurt in the heist. They bring the trucks to an old mill and hide the money in a hole; however their operation is witnessed by a tramp. Baines shots the man with his shotgun and Ty decides to help him; but when Mike executes the homeless man, Ty locks himself inside a truck with half the amount.
"Armored" is an action movie about an almost perfect plan to heist two armored trucks by the security guards that should protect the transported money. The key character is the ambiguous Ty, a man that is facing financial difficulties in his private life that accept to participate in the heist but betrays his friends. Therefore, the hero of "Armored" is actually a traitor that is rewarded in the end. This unlikable character should have been better developed in the screenplay to give a better explanation for his despicable attitude (the betrayal). On the other hand, the naiveness of the five experienced men inviting a newcomer on the eve of the scheduled date of a heist sounds very unreasonable. It is impressive how fat Laurence Fishburne is. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Assalto ao Carro Blindado" ("Heist of the Armored Car")
"Armored" is an action movie about an almost perfect plan to heist two armored trucks by the security guards that should protect the transported money. The key character is the ambiguous Ty, a man that is facing financial difficulties in his private life that accept to participate in the heist but betrays his friends. Therefore, the hero of "Armored" is actually a traitor that is rewarded in the end. This unlikable character should have been better developed in the screenplay to give a better explanation for his despicable attitude (the betrayal). On the other hand, the naiveness of the five experienced men inviting a newcomer on the eve of the scheduled date of a heist sounds very unreasonable. It is impressive how fat Laurence Fishburne is. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Assalto ao Carro Blindado" ("Heist of the Armored Car")
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- Mar 16, 2010
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- Armored
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- Budget
- $20,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $15,988,876
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,511,128
- Dec 6, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $22,942,221
- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
- Color
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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