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Money Movers
A group of crooks plan a heist to steal twenty million dollars from a Security Firm counting house.
Release : | 1979 |
Rating : | 6.5 |
Studio : | South Australian Film Corporation, New South Wales Film Corp., |
Crew : | Art Direction, Construction Manager, |
Cast : | Tony Bonner Ed Devereaux Candy Raymond Jeanie Drynan Bryan Brown |
Genre : | Action Thriller Crime |
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Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.
One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.
A solid old Australian crime caper movie. The plot keeps moving along and keeps you guessing as to how its going to play out. The acting and cinematography are decent and workmanlike but characteristic of the 1970s, which I personally enjoy for the period feel. I am very fond of good movies (and sometimes not so very good movies) from the 1970s, probably because they are what I grew up with. You may recognize a few actors (in particular, Bryan Brown) from before they became well- known. In short, this is an entertaining film from back when a reasonable plot was pretty much taken for granted, as opposed to today when the shakiness of many plots is obfuscated with remarkable special effects. If you are into this kind of movie, I think it might be worthwhile to give this old one a try, since, while admittedly not a classic, it is still quite good.
This excellent Aussie crime flick centers on the workers at Darcy, a money courier service. Things get tense when an anonymous note arrives stating that their counting room - which sometimes houses as much as $20 million - is going to get hit soon and a cargo van is robbed the same day. This speeds up the plans of Darcy workers and brothers Eric (Terence Donovan) and Brian Jackson (Bryan Brown) as they have been planning to rob the place for 5 years. To make matters more complicated, Eric is senior security told to look into this matter and he tries to move the suspicion onto newcomer Leo Bassett (Tony Bonner), who has just gotten partnered with honest ex-cop and old timer Dick Martin (Ed Devereaux). To say any more would reveal too much.Where have you been all my life, MONEY MOVERS? I've never been a huge Bruce Beresford fan, knowing him mostly for BREAKER MORANT, DRIVING MISS DAISY and HER ALIBI (the latter two released the same year in a great example of cinematic diversity). So seeing this hard-hitting and violent crime flick from him was quite a shock. Not only is it quite different in subject, but this sucker moves thanks to some fantastic editing and a tight script (also by Beresford) with plenty of twists. Everyone in the cast is excellent with Devereaux being my favorite character as seemingly the world's last honest man. Definitely worth seeking out.
Money Movers really shows what can happen when greed and temptation come together. The money movers of the title handle millions of dollars each day in armored vans completely ready for an outside attack. But what happens when the danger comes from the inside? The answer is everything: Murder, double-cross of thieves, rival gangs, intrigue, suspicion, and the list goes on. This movie is packed with testosterone and has all the action you could ask for. Bruce Beresford directed who would latter come to America and did the Oscar winner Driving Miss Daisy. Based on the book of the same title by Devon Minchin this movie boasts one of the best robberies ever filmed climaxing in the bloodiest, fastest, hottest shootouts ever put to film. This movie is hard to find in the US but if you come across a copy watch it!
It's an amazing film. The casting is amazing - notably Ray Marshall, Bryan Brown and Tony Bonne The planning of an armored car heist, you never quite know who's going to do right or wrong, until the very end when the sides are truly drawn and it culminates in an unbelievably violent finale. This, along with a toe clipping torture scene earlier on, gives it the feel of Tarantino/Avary and their ilk, but a good ten years earlier. The tension as the movies gets closer and closer to the actually heist is insane. Why this movie isn't as lauded as Beresford's films before and after this one is a mystery.