This Review Reveals Minor Details About the Plot.
Down To the Wire
Plot Overview
When London construction workers dig into a live WWII
bomb, their foreman Gary (Matthew Earley) calls the fuzz who assign
female police Superintendent Zuzana (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) to
remotely oversee an operation employing the army bomb squad
with Major Will Trantor (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) on point. They
cordon off an 18 meter radius swath forcing all the people
inside it to clear out (“It looks like the Apocalypse.”) The
squad sets about constructing a mitigation wall to contain a controlled
detonation. Blueprints showing an underground electric main
nearby necessitate turning off the power for blocks.
Enterprising thieves using basement keys obtained from intimidated immigrants living in the Portly House use their stashed tools to burrow into the Al Muraquabal Bank from next door (“Jay, we're in.”) Meanwhile, the bomb starts ticking.
Ideology
Teamwork and cooperation lend themselves to illustrate:(Eccl. 4:9-12) “Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.”
“A good reward for their
labour” is their evenly split take in jewelry—they had
to conserve weight—from the bank job.
“For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow.” Two patrol cops stumble upon the robbery. One is laid low and the other calls for an ambulance.
“But woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.” The lead robber had done a private deal to include some uncut diamonds in the take without informing his compañeros, along the order of a Theodore Sturgeon short story: “he had worked in it alone. … he would not comfortably have worked with anyone else. ¶So now he found himself very much alone; no allies, no confidants. Yet he had always worked this way—” (22). The middleman gets the drop on him leaving him in the wind.
“Again, if two lie together, then they have heat.” The bomb squad pours themselves shots of whiskey set in a circle to be consumed when they are done, by whomever remain. That will give them a warm glow.
“But how can one be warm alone?” The robbers have the
goods in sealed boxes messengered across a now crowded square by a
party girl dressed for a good time. She has balanced a
birthday cake on top of her load. As soon as the men in the
van get the boxes, the girl melts into the crowd. She never
partakes of the celebration being all dressed up with no place to go.
“And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.” With so many players, we see various alliances and betrayals, ad hoc or otherwise.
Production Values
“” (2025) was directed by David Mackenzie. It was written by Ben Hopkins. Cast includes Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Sam Worthington, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, and Theo James. Supporting cast and lead acting were the most salient feature.
MPA rated it R for language throughout and violence. The various components of plot all came together nicely with agile editing. Some missing pieces were delicately filled in at the end. Runtime is 1 hour 38 minutes.
Review Conclusion w/a Christian's Recommendation
This was a tense action extravaganza with blurred lines between good guys and bad. It treads new territory with borrowings from old. It grabs one's attention in a big way. The police appear efficient but have met their match. Stay for the credit notes.
Movie Ratings
Action factor: Edge of your seat action-packed. Suitability For Children: Not Suitable for Children of Any Age. Special effects: Well done special effects. Video Occasion: Fit For a Friday Evening. Suspense: Keeps you on the edge of your seat. Overall movie rating: Four stars out of five.
Works Cited
Scripture was cited from the King James Version, Pub. 1611, rev. 1769. Software.
Sturgeon, Theodore. “Wages of Synergy,” copyright 1953 by Better Publications, Inc. Compiled by Samuel Mines in, The Best from Startling Stories. Copyright © 1953, by Henry Holt and Company, Inc. New York: Henry Holt and Company, Inc., First edition. Print.
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