The Take (2016) [DVD]

Love it lots of action 🎬

We had seen Hijack before watching The Take. Mr. Elba commands the screen like few others.

I mean...Idris is in it. It can't be bad.The plot was fun, a tiny bit predictable, but the action was good. Awesome to see Idris in an action role and Madden was pretty funny. There is a small part of me that wants a sequel, but I have a feeling that would be a mistake. LOL. The worst part of the movie is the name. It's original name was changed from Bastille Day ( due to the Bastille Day tragedy in July 2016). So when it was released "widely" in the US they renamed it the Take. Boo! The new name is too close to Takers (Idris movie) and there are older movies with the same title. They would have been better off calling it "Elba: Bond Audition Reel". My point? Idris proves he's got the moves to carry an action movie. It just needs to be properly marketed, and for goodness sake put a little thought into a title. Otherwise, totally worth me buying the movie to stream from Amazon. (This movie never played in the theater close to where I live)

An action packed kick-a** film taking place in Paris France. Mr. Elba portrays a CIA undercover operative who suffers no fool and gets the job done. Sometimes to his career's detriment. Following a bombing everyone is searching for the young American Expatriate thief who is an unwitting accomplice. From car chases to running the rooftops of Parisian tenements the performance by Mr. Elba once again proves that there isn't a character he cannot portray!My only issue was the timing of a real life bombing in Paris pushed this to be released much later than expected and the last minute title change. Kudos to the executives for showing compassion for the victims and the survivors of a heinous terrorist plot.

I enjoyed "The Take"/"Bastille Day". Idris Elba delivers a solid performance as always, and Richard Madden, aka Robb Stark from HBO's hit series Game of Thones, plays nicely off of Elba. An unlikely pairing, but it worked. Good action sequences. I liked that Idris Elba didn't always "win" despite him being the main character. Fairly predictable plot but with a Die Hard-esque twist.It's unfortunate that Madden's feature debut post Game of Thrones was overshadowed by real world events. It's an entertaining film that's worth renting on a lazy weekend.

This was okay. The first time I saw the previews I believe it was called Bastille Day??? Could be wrong. All in all there nothing really special about this film. Has some action, less than I would have liked and nothing on the level of Jason Bourne. I'm glad I didn't go to the movies for it. The acting is good, the plot interesting but it kind of drags a bit. Also there's no real connection between the main characters. High stakes bring on high emotions yes, but, I don't think it necessarily makes you besties? Also the main character (not Idris) wasn't American but playing an American? Which usually I could care less except his accent slipped in sometimes. Otherwise, I wouldn't have noticed. Kind of distracting. It was just OK for me. I was kind of disappointed I paid $5.

I like Elba more and more.

Action packed with a twist. This movie was very good. Do not and I repeat, do not listen to the negative comments. Check the movie out for yourself. It was really good. Had me on the edge of my seat. Great movie.

Good film picture quality was very good

Film visto e rivisto tante volte preso perché conveniente

Superbe Film , très bon scénario et acteurs 👍

Awesome! love this movie. <3 10/10

Der Film ist vom Schnitt her gut gelungen. Von der Handlung her absolut real und spannend. Überzeugender Hauptdarsteller, meine Empfehlung für einen gelungenen Fernsehabend. Keine Lichtorgel,es wird nicht übermäßig viel geschossen und keine dünnen Sprüche! Sound sehr gut und Kamera kanngeschwenkt werden.