A Perfect Plan

Well, not perfect, but considering it's entirely an amalgam of all the same tried and true elements of a suspense-thriller-actioner--: laser shields, a la "Mission Impossible", voyeur villain, a la "Saw"s, an assemblage of highly competitive criminal masterminds, each feigning disdain for the rest, but secretly fully aware of the others' genius, like too many to mention, et al.-- competently written, played,and filmed, I'd say the end result was admirable. Carlo Rota reigns supreme as the elegant evil genius behind the whole operation. William Forsythe and Kathleen Munroe are the best of the rest, and Gia Sandhu has some great moves, Michael Hough has the thankless task of trying to inject some humor amidst the groups"tensions, but the writing's admittedly below par in that regard. The "He's my father, he's my enemy, he's my.." etc ending can't quite measure up to all that's been set up, but adequate to make this a fairly satisfying watch.

They wasted their production money Don't waste your time

So... 2 guys and 2 galls wake up in somebody else's basement and it turns out each one of them is a thief, a specialist in his/her own field of thieving and they were all brought together a larger criminal mastermind, so they can plan and pull off the greatest crime in the century (or whatever). All technical aspects of the movie such as lighting, locations, camera work, etc, are really at pro level. Everything else sucks, from the childish opening titles (probably done by some producer's teenage nephew) to the childish plot, to the subpar cast, and onward to the lame dialog and to the ridiculous fight scene at the end. I knew this was going to be a dud from the moment I saw the opening credits, but I still trudged on and on until the end, but with this purpose in mind: so that YOU can spare yourself the waste of time and avoid this crap. Skip this. There are far more entertaining ways to waste time.

Kate (Kathleen Munroe) wakes up in a mysterious industrial building. She is joined by Magdalene (Gia Sandhu), Grayson (William Forsythe), and Rowan (Michael Hough). All of them have been similarly kidnapped from different cities and are each a criminal with specific skills. There is a setup of a replica safe and security cameras watching them. They are expected to show those watching how to break the system.

It's a high concept premise. That's what is best and everything else is crap. It should be just four people in a basement escape room. The rest of this movie is very unlikely. First, I don't know how there is an escape route without the controllers watching and guarding it. The last half loses me from the escape onwards. Everything is unlikely. Still, there is an interesting concept here. It does need some rethinking.

I liked the acting. Some of my favorites, but the cliche way they defeat the laser motion detectors had me throwing my spaghetti against the wall. If you redirect the laser beam it's the same thing as standing in the beam. It's cuts it off from the receiver which is how the alarm gets activated. There's no delay on that. What a crock.