The bank vault itself is quite interesting, always providing puzzles and forcing the team to come up with solutions. What is great is that ‘The Vault’ seems to know that an episode of ‘Numbers’ provides a solid back science, yet they can expand it to the tense action over the course of two hours. The movie is really riviting, the nearly 2 hour movie flies by with a dialogue intensive explanation, followed by action. Suffice to say all of the acting is really solid, the movie plays itself quite seriously and The head of security at the bank and the CEO of the bank are not portrayed as the bumbling idiots as in so many other films. Revealing other characters and their role will basically spoil the plot, which I will not do. Freddie Highmore as Thom and Astrid Bergès-Frisbey as Lorraine are the main characters in the vault maneuvering process though the entire team plays an important part. Then the opening credits roll and the team is assembled as we fast forward to 2010. The treasure is taken and sealed in an vault in Madrid. Actually the film-makers including Director Jaume Balaguerótake their time to establish the connection between past events and present day. The film opens in 2009 with Liam Cunningham as Walter captaining a salvage mission off the cost of Spain to locate treasure in the sea.
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Obvious comparisons to the big budget ‘Ocean’s 11’ series of films will be made, however what is interesting is, given the setting, a backdrop of 2010 Madrid, pre- ultra high tech, pre-drone, much of this film’s revealed science is quite plausible. The 2017 film is about 20 minutes shorter, although both films revolve around some of the same themes, this one is far more thought out, and has no supernatural elements. This is not the same as the 2017 film with the same name, starring James Franco. On a whim and due to the fact that one of my favorite actresses Famke Jannsen is in it, I checked out the 2021 Saban Films release ‘The Vault’. Greetings valued Dan’s Movie Report and readers. But using the final games of the 2010 World Cup as backdrop is a smart embellishment, and playing the Sex Pistols’ “God Save the Queen” at the end is a timely touch.By: Danny Templegod Above: Poster for ‘The Vault’ (C) 2021 Saban Films, all rights reserved, image not monetized. We all know how this is going to turn out. Before the end, you may even find yourself feeling sorry for head of security Gustavo (veteran Jose Coronado). You have to be pretty clever to assemble as many nick-of-time escapes and sleight of hand presto-changeos. But “The Vault” has genuine suspense to spare, even if a lot of it is familiar. Taking a possible cue from the old period drama “Land of the Pharaohs,” the bank’s vault is designed to trap invaders and fill with water if anyone steps inside, a detail I found a bit soggy, if you know what I mean. The film is mostly in English along with Spanish dialogue with subtitles. In opening scenes, a deep sea scuba-diving James removes his equipment to “free dive” into an old sunken shipwreck, giving me serious jitters. If you don’t like being caught in tight spaces, you may have an issue with this movie. It’s “Raiders of the Lost Ark” meets “Mission Impossible,” although I can’t for the life of me figure out how no one sees three people zip-lining from a nearby rooftop to the top of the bank. Freddie Highmore in a scene from THE VAULT But it is fun to watch Thom try to go all MacGyver on the knotty challenges.
The budding romance between brainiac Thom and cunning Lorraine lacks chemistry. Where do you get 500 liters of liquid nitrogen in a hurry? No problema, says Simon. There is also a very bad wig for Berges-Frisbey to wear. The screenplay by Rowan Athale (“The Rise”), Michel Gaztambide and three other credited writers is nothing if not chockablock with engineering problems for Thom to solve, dark tunnels to search, codes to unlock, keys to copy using a 3D printer, numbers of armed guards and disguises. Inside its vault, which was built 70 years earlier, is a treasure of “privateer” Sir Francis Drake, including three coins engraved with coordinates leading to another even larger cache.
An eclectic creation with classical facades, “sober plinths,” a Carrara marble staircase, collection of paintings by Goya and others and labyrinthine corridors, the bank is a virtual character in the film.
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