A Perfect Plan

Nothing perfect in the 'Perfect Plan'.. Just another below avg heist movie

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.

Sometimes low budget movies have an interesting, well-written story, but not this one.

Some of the cast such as Munroe and Forsythe were okay, but others such as Hough and Sandhu did not perform well.

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.

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.