The Quiet Ones (6/10)
By Tony Medley
105 minutes.
NR.
Apparently motivated more by wanting to pull off the biggest armed robbery of all time on Danish soil than pure greed, men from all over Europe work together to put it together. A fledgling boxer, Kasper (Gustav Giese) is recruited to be the ringleader of 25 men. He is less than enthusiastic but is brought along by the foreigners who have the idea.
He reluctantly puts everything on the line, his freedom, his family, and his honor on the outside chance that he will succeed where he has failed at boxing. Like many of the others, he’s in it for more than money.
“Inspired by true events,” the film slowly follows the group as they argue and plan, plan and argue, all the while working towards the same goal.
Against them is a dogged female security guard, Maria (Amanda Collin), who trusts her instincts.
This is not your typical bank heist movie because the motives behind the participants are so opaque. Despite doing all the intricate planning, Kaspar does not want to take a physical part in the actual raid.
The first 2/3 of the film presents the slow, methodical way in which Slimani (Reda Kateb), the violent sociopathic leader of the heist, counterbalances to get it done, in opposition to the sensitive Kasper.
The last third of the movie shows the heist itself, which proceeds in almost real-time. I found the film slow until the action starts when the heist gets going.
Tony Medley is an attorney, columnist, and MPAA-accredited film critic whose reviews and articles may be read in several newspapers and at rottentomatoes.com, CWEB.com, robinhoodnews.com, Movie Review Query Engine (mrqe.com), and at www.tonymedley.com. A former sports editor of the UCLA Daily Bruin, he is the author of four books, UCLA Basketball:The Real Story, Sweaty Palms: The Neglected Art of Being Interviewed, the first book ever written on the interview for the interviewee, having sold over a half million copies, and The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Bridge, which has sold over 100,000 copies, and Learn to Play Bridge Like a Boss. He is an American Contract Bridge League RubyLife Master and an ACBL accredited director. He is a Mensa Life Member and a member of the International Society of Philosophic Research, ISPE (“The Thousand”).
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