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Armored

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Armored

PG-13

Released Dec 4, 2009

1h 28m

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

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Following his return from Iraq, Ty Hackett (Columbus Short) takes a job at the same armored-car company where his father worked. At the end of his probation period, his mentor and godfather, Mike Cochrane (Matt Dillon), reveals to Ty his plan to rob one of the company's trucks. Faced with the loss of his house and his younger brother to foster care, Ty reluctantly agrees to the plan, but when the heist goes badly, it's every man for himself.

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Critics Consensus

This B-grade thriller has a good cast and director but is undone by plot holes and messy conclusion.

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Keith Uhlich

Time Out

The pure B-movie esprit is undeniable.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 18, 2011

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Ben Kenigsberg

Time Out

Rated: 1/5

Nov 17, 2011

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Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

Isn't clever or inventive enough to seem like a high-stakes game.

Rated: C+

Mar 29, 2010

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

B-grade though it may be, Armored fulfills all the basic needs of your average thriller, doing so with a predictable setup and by relying on the bare essentials.

Rated: 2.5/4

Aug 28, 2023

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

No-nonsense B crime thriller.

Rated: B

Apr 28, 2018

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Dave White

Movies.com

Rated: 2.5/5

Apr 4, 2011

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Evans Farai C

A very bad movie. Don’t waste time watching it. Poor , bad. It’s not worth your time.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/26/25

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Blu B

The editing and pacing are terrible here. Boring generic soundtrack that thinks it's modern and good and everything else is supbar. The idea could be a cool thriller where most of the film takes place in the truck with one guy fighting back against the odds kind of like Panic Room. That sounds really cool but it's done so poorly here. Once he's trapped in the truck it feels like pointless stuff just happens. The banging sound as they try to get the door pried open gets sooooo annoying after awhile. And it gets so repetitive with it. The other sin is the characters are just stock and generic. Nothing really seperates the 5 bad guys from each other. And the main guy is pretty much by the numbers John Q. type stuff minus the terminally ill kid. The way it sets up the characters too is so messy and sloppy too. Why don't they just go and grab the kid immediately because they know his boy is the most important thing? How do they not hear him getting out and back in the truck? Why don't they have someone keep an eye on him when the cop shows up before he puts bills on the windows? It's got a bunch of plot holes too. And despite being not even 90 minutes it feels like it drags and is longer. If you take away the failed attempts to get in, and only leave the cop getting shot in and the kid than that's pretty much it. Nothing would be lost. There just isn't enough of a fleshed out story or character dynamics or a well thought out heist/survival hybrid. Skip This.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/16/25

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Anwar A

Can't believe writers like this exist!! And what's more unbelievable is that such cast agreed to it !!!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

12/11/24

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Audience Member

Avoid at all cost . Shocking film

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Audience Member

despite the great cast , this was action pap with some wanna be reservoir dogs moments

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Audience Member

With better direction behind the camera, this could really have been something! It's got a great cast, and a story with enough about it to keep the thrills rolling from start to finish. There are plot holes that don't help, as well as a really poor ending, so it ends up selling itself short. Enjoyable action flick, for sure, but…

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Synopsis

Following his return from Iraq, Ty Hackett (Columbus Short) takes a job at the same armored-car company where his father worked. At the end of his probation period, his mentor and godfather, Mike Cochrane (Matt Dillon), reveals to Ty his plan to rob one of the company's trucks. Faced with the loss of his house and his younger brother to foster care, Ty reluctantly agrees to the plan, but when the heist goes badly, it's every man for himself.

Director: Nimród Antal
Producer: Joshua Donen, Dan Farah
Screenwriter: James V. Simpson
Distributor: Screen Gems
Production Co: Stars Road Entertainment, Farah Films
Rating: PG-13 (Sequences of Intense Violence|Brief Strong Language|Some Disturbing Images)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 4, 2009, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 16, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $16.0M
Runtime: 1h 28m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS

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