Bastille Day

Surprised this isn't at least in the 7's on here. Elba is excellent, no cheesy crap Bond esque love interests. Just a proper thriller with some great twists and decent action sequences. Some comical moments in a non Marvel universe cheesy way.

Nothing incredibly new with the plot, but it does keep you interested for the duration. The end hints at a sequel, which could be interesting.

If you like a good action / thriller - this is the best I've seen in a long while. Not quite as good as the old Bournes, but certainly better than recent Bonds.

I always use subtitles since I don't hear well.

The spoken English was subtitled, which was helpful, but the long spoken exchanges between the French police/tactical/intelligence was spoken in French, but NONE of the French dialog WAS TRANSLATED and SUBTITLED.

Maybe not a huge issue except that the 'good guys' had maybe ten pages of dialog between them. The French speakers provided about 80% of 'The Take's' total spoken word.

Now, Idris Elba is the caliber of actor who doesn't need to chatter in order to get his thoughts out.

Still, with the Strong, Silent Type in the lead, there was no way to follow the plot. When we thought we'd identified the villians, we had to watch and wait for another character's confirmation of events.

I don't know who's responsible for subtitles...but really, our phones can transcribe a spoken voice message. We can speak to lock our doors, turn off our lights, and play our favorite music.

#pleasefixsubtitles

Granted, the inside bank heist plot is implausible in 'Bastille Day' (retitled 'The Take' for its USA release), but the director James Watson paces the film so well with non-stop tense moments, and taps Idris Elba's innate tension-building talents and ability to deliver quick dialogue (as he does with Sorkin's trademark banter in 'Molly's Game'), that one overlooks the spectacularly unrealistic story of the intended heist.

This is a pure entertainment escapism - an action film that does not pretend to be more than it is.

Therefore, I'm giving two thumbs up 👍👍 for a good fun-to-watch action flick. Grab a dish of popcorn and enjoy. Note my 7 Rating means it's good (like an 8 by most User standards).

Richard Madden and Jose Garcia are well-casted.

Is it just me that thinks Garcia looks and acts a lot like Harvey Kietel in his 30s?!

This was a great action movie. The movie held my interest for the full hour and a half. I enjoyed the close hand to hand combat. There was an interesting twist. I really enjoyed watching Idris Elba. Overall very enjoyable movie to watch.

Normally I only watch 7.0 and above but I was tired of scrolling and gave it a try. Nice, undercover CIA movie with a decent amount of action.