a5c7b9f00b In TRIPLE 9, a crew of dirty cops are blackmailed by the Russian mob to execute a virtually impossible heist. The only way to pull it off is to manufacture a 999, police code for &quot;officer down&quot;. Their plan is turned upside down when the unsuspecting rookie they set up to die foils the attack, triggering a breakneck, action-packed finale filled with double-crosses, greed and revenge. In Atlanta, a crew of corrupt cops and career criminals consisting of Marcus Belmont (Anthony Mackie), Franco Rodriguez (Clifton Collins), and Gabe and Russell Welch (Aaron Paul and Norman Reedus) are blackmailed by the Russian Mob to rob a highly fortified bank in broad daylight. The leader of the crew is Terrell Thompkins (Chiwetel Ejiofor), an ex-special forces operator turned private sector. Unsatisfied with the job, Irina Vaslov (Kate Winslet), the head of the mob, kidnaps Terrell&#39;s family and forces him to rob a Special Forces safe house that contains secret government files. The crew must figure out a way to manufacture a 999, police code for officer down, to usea g during their heist. When Marcus gets a new rookie partner, Chris Allen (Casey Affleck), the crew decides that he is the perfect target. But Chris survives the attack, and suspects the dirty cops. Meanwhile the police chief begins to track down the Russian Mob, and starts finding evidence of corruption among the cops. The pressure starts mounting and the crew begins to turn on each other and reveal dark secrets, leading up to a treacherous, action packed finale. The plot and cast of Triple 9 held much potential but did not deliverexpected. <br/><br/>The film follows a group of highly skilled criminals that execute action packed heists. The major revelation is that two of these criminals are policemen. Apart from that, the story does not hold much suspense and revelation. Michael Atwood (Chiwetel Ejiofor) is forced by Irina Vlaslov (Kate Winslet), a criminal kingpin, to do these jobs by threatening Atwood with the safety of his son (not something new). The story unravelsthey plan the &#39;final&#39; heist where,expected, everything goes wrong. <br/><br/>There is some parts of the film which I enjoyed. However, with such an all-star cast, it did not live up to the expectation. The red band trailer is amazing; When I first saw that trailer, I was game for an intense action thriller (Training Day on crack), however, what I got was…<br/><br/>Positives:<br/><br/>#1. A through Z (all across the board), all of the actors in this movie delivered convincing performances<br/><br/>#2. The opening robbery scene is intense and engaging throughout<br/><br/>#3. You know why some of the characters are doing the things that they&#39;re doing. Nothing is really explained in full context during the movie; How did some of these characters get involved with the mob? However, I did understand a majority of the characters motivations. When things happened, the characters reacted (no matter how irrational), and I understood where they were coming from.<br/><br/>#4. The main crew felt like a close family. We (as an audience) didn&#39;t get to spend a lot of time with most of the characters, but during certain scenes you could feel that they were all close to one other.<br/><br/>#5. Some deaths linger on. A character may die, you really don&#39;t get to know them, but the characters won&#39;t let you forget who died.<br/><br/>#6. Information is continuously pounded into your brain throughout. I had to remember names, events, and situations. All of the information may make some feel exhausted, but I found it exhilarating.<br/><br/>#7. There will be blood, death, and brutality. This movie definitely depicts realistic violence.<br/><br/>Negatives:<br/><br/>#1. I didn&#39;t care who lived or who died; The characters don&#39;t let you forget, but if I can&#39;t build any sort of relationship with the character, than why would I care.<br/><br/>#2. The movie does continuously pound information into your head (which I did like), but it ultimately goes nowhere. By the end of the movie… just throw the info out the window because it ultimately means nothing (WTF!)<br/><br/>#3. Unfortunately, this movie uses a &quot;MacGuffin&quot; device to further its already absurd plot.<br/><br/>#4. The movie starts in a good place, it feeds us supposedly promising information, it goes down a promising path, and than at the end… what the hell! There&#39;s no pay off. There&#39;s no satisfaction to be had here. By the end of it all, you finally realize that none of that previous crab really matters… at least that&#39;s how I felt anyway.<br/><br/>#5. This is a by the numbers movie. I wouldn&#39;t say that it&#39;s totally predicable, but there isn&#39;t anything here that you haven&#39;t already seen.<br/><br/>I really was enjoying this movie from the start, through the middle ( a little), and than the ending happened. Some moments are intense, others are dumb, some make no logical sense, and than the ending is just a complete throwaway.<br/><br/>This movie is no Training Day on crack… WTF!… I really had high hopes for this movie. Maybe My exceptions where to high. By the way, everything is spoiled for you if you watch the trailers.<br/><br/>Finale Grade: D+ The interesting world of the film doesn’t get the story it deserves.
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