Transit
2012 Directed by Antonio Negret
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This is not a perfect getaway.
A family on a road trip is stalked by criminals who stashed stolen money in their car.
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A surprisingly good thriller with plenty of stand out moments and an awesome black getaway car for the villains. The movie follows a family who become embroiled in a deadly game of cat and mouse with a gang of thieves on the run after a robbery. In an effort to avoid capture, the stolen loot is stashed on the roof rack unbeknownst to the family. They unwittingly transport the gangs's bounty through the police road blocks, while the gang is stopped and questioned, allowing their loot to disappear off into the distance..... but what happens next? Well you'll just have to go watch it :-)
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Good movie with lots of action
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Nothing special but entertaining. m&d.
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Jim Cat-Weasel once had a career, sort of; I have soft spot for Frequency, an underrated, under watched gem from 2000, but it’s undeniable that his profile has dropped after that olden times Mel Gibson torture porn flick that made a ton of money. If you ever wondered what happened to him, he’s here in this middle-class-family-under-siege thriller.
Transit sits somewhere between Curtis Hanson’s The River Wild and Steven Spielberg’s Duel in terms of plot. A group of criminals stash their money in a young family’s camping gear to avoid detection at a police road block, then have to chase them down through the Louisiana Bayou. Given the setup you could be forgiven for assuming the entire plot could be…
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Mom and Dad decided to watch this and they loved it. Me? Well...
It definitely had some of those thrilling moments. But there are moments when it just felt... flat. The acting ain't that bad.
As for the story... I've seen some films like this one so... yeah.
You wanna straight comment? I didn't like it that much. Period. -
A surprisingly good thriller with plenty of stand out moments and an awesome black getaway car for the villains. The movie follows a family who become embroiled in a deadly game of cat and mouse with a gang of thieves on the run after a robbery. In an effort to avoid capture, the stolen loot is stashed on the roof rack unbeknownst to the family. They unwittingly transport the gangs's bounty through the police road blocks, while the gang is stopped and questioned, allowing their loot to disappear off into the distance..... but what happens next? Well you'll just have to go watch it :-)
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Shit show. I've wasted enough time on it.
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Not that good but since Caviezel is in it... what can I say?
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Nice little thriller with a good pace and nice twists and turns - I hated the look of the flick but had fun watching it.
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The kind of direct-to-disc movie other DTD offerings not directed by John Hyams wish they could be. A decent thriller (with the same convenient plot moves / character brain farts that one expects from these sorts of things) with some decent actors doing some pretty decent work in front of a pretty decent director. And for those that want it, there are also attractive actresses running around in tank tops and popping off assault rifles. Would've been nice if Antonio Negret's fondness of Michael Bay's 360 degree camera flourishes and gauzy sweaty cinematography didn't extend to nearly-incomprehensible action sequences, but he still got a lot of this film right.
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Fun if generic thriller. It doesn't make a lick of sense but it's pretty enjoyable while it lasts. Props to the character who smashes up their mobile phone after ONE failed call attempt despite desperately needing it. That's one way of getting rid of an annoying plot device.
The bad guys are fucking terrible in this, but that's part of the fun.