Money

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Not that this is a bad film. But there are number of things that are somewhat annoying: too much dialog, characters and situations that aren't really believable and a story that is somewhat predictable. Settings are OK, director tries to give a visual touch but the film smells to much like a stage play. But hey, the actors are OK and the story is still strong enough to keep your attention. All by all a film that is easy to see but also easy to forget.

The setup is promising: two young big pharma executives have just sold their company's trade secrets to a rival for a cool $5 million. Their celebration however, proves to be premature. A man posing as the next door neighbor has a different plan for the money. This is a good setup for what is in essence a psychological thriller, involving 5 characters and a gun. However, despite good performances by all actors in this film (standing out is Jesse Williams with his very credible performance as a coke sniffing jerk), the plot has just too many twists and turns, pushing the boundaries of plausibility and eroding its credibility to the point where it seems artificially contrived and somewhat predictable. To begin with, the main antagonist, played by Jamie Bamber, is a villain who could also pass for James Bond with his suave look and British mannerism. He also knows too many intimate details about his heist victims, something which is never explained in the movie plot. And talking about a movie plot, there are just too many plot holes to count and sheer implausibility bordering on ridiculous, like the recurring "easily escapable situation" (as Austin Powers would put it), which opens the door for the twists. Money is no Agatha Christie but in the end it is however a watchable movie and reasonable entertainment with its main strength coming from its cast. Bring your popcorn, don't think too much, and you may end up having a good time.

The film is watchable enough and passes the time quite easily. However the acting is abysmal and why oh why do we keep film-makers keep making the bad guy a middle aged pompous English twit, which an accent that is seldom heard in England unless one visits a Royal Palace. The accent was silly and affected and does not reflect how English people speak. Even the aristocracy do not sound like this. The acting performances and silly accents make the film very hard to take seriously, it is a wooden film with every plot turn expected and in some cases down right ludicrous. How anyone can possibly rate this film above 5 is beyond my understanding.

This was filmed in 2015 but it's clear that Jesse Williams was forced on this production at the last minute and squeezed into filming in under a week for the money. Money for the movie and money for Jesse. The rest of the casting is a shambles; meat puppet Kellan Lutz as a chemical engineer and chief scientist at a pharma firm? Christina the chain smoking Spanish girlfriend? Poofy Brit with a gun? Sylvia the aggrieved WASP? Oh my god what a train wreck. 2 healthy strong men can't overpower one guy as he sits with a drink in hand, pontificating? Wives and dates seemingly utterly unaffected by mind bending violence and no one questions it?

"Money" is a passable Monster-in-the-House/Heist-Gone-Wrong character-driven drama. It seems somewhat hampered by an obviously limited budget. About 95% of the action takes place in and around an isolated residence with a core cast of five people. Much of the story is relayed through dialogue; however, the dialogue is generally reasonably clever. Jamie Bamber, as the villain, largely drives the plot, with credible supporting performances by Jesse Williams, Lucia Guerrero and Fredric Lehne. Unfortunately, over-reliance on jiggly-cam shots is obvious and frequently distracting. The story doesn't break any new ground and several of the plot points are predictable. It doesn't have much to offer in the way of theme or character arcs and there really isn't a good protagonist to balance Bamber's villainy. For a film titled "Money," with an alternate title of "$," one would think they would at least get the stage money right. The bills look authentic, but there aren't nearly enough of them. What is supposedly five million dollars can't be more than half a million. As low budget direct-to-video fare, it's okay. It's watchable, but not a film one would want to view repeatedly to appreciate subtle nuances.

This is my first ever review, I started with this film as myself and my wife watched it only a few nights ago. I'm going to keep this pretty short and not so sweet, I wish I would of gone to sleep instead of staying up to watch this, there was nothing in this film that got me interested to see how it all turned out. There was a few occasions while watching this film that I looked to see what the time was to work out how long in the movie was left which is never a good sign in my book. On a small positive note there was a few small parts of the film which made me smile and have a little giggle even though I'm not sure as an audience we were meant to find this particular part funny but I did. If your after a film to watch with your wife for date night I would recommend you skip this one.

This movie started out with so much potential... And then the unexplained gaps in the plot started. All of the momentum completely stopped. The last 30 minutes of the movie was awful... The ending was awful... Way too many loose ends. *spoiler alert* The ignorant and extremely rude wife ends up leaving with some of the money after all that...? This movie was trash.. How did anyone rate this above 2 stars?

Really had my wife and I at the edge of our seats! We saw this film premiere at the Orlando Film Festival and were totally blown away! Jamie Bamber portrays the unconventional villain with great charm and charisma, it's impossible not to love him. A villain you want to root for and do. All of the 5 main characters have a strong arch. They each play the hero in some moments and the villain in other moments. Our allegiance to these characters is constantly shifting. Martín Rosete does a brilliant job in taking this well written story from start to finish with perfectly timed character introductions that keep us wanting to know more! Musical score sets the tone of the film from start to finish, never gives the audience the chance to look away. GREAT FILM!