“Take” on DVD
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Anybody out there like “Minnie Driver”? Well, I certainly like her. She is an accomplished actress, as well as being easy on the eyes. Anyway… She is in the movie that I watched called “Take”. Driver plays a struggling mom, Ana, coping with her son which requires special attention. The film also stars Jeremy Renner, who plays a down on his luck gambler named Saul.
Saul owes a great deal of money to pay a gambling debt. He is approached by a thug who gives him an ultimatum, pay the money or “else”. Saul tries a couple creative ways of gaining the money. First he tries to steal from his employer. When his employer catches him in the act, Saul gets fired. Of course that makes the situation worse. When he has a failed attempt at becoming a repo man, he finds himself at the end of his rope. Left threatened and broke he decides to rob a drugstore to repay his debt.
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This attempt as well goes awry and he accidentally shoots an employee and flees with Ana’s son as a hostage. Unfortunately, the young boy dies in the attempted get away. The boy’s death was implied throughout the movie, but here, it comes to fruition. What happens next is self discovery, not only for Saul, but for Ana as well.
The movie jumps back and forth between the present where Saul on his way to be executed and Ana on a trek to be at the execution, and the past where you witness the events leading up to his day of execution. It is not a thriller, or an “edge of your seat” type drama, but it does influence you to examine people’s actions and motives. I enjoyed the movie and if you like “heart tugging” dramas you may enjoy it as well.
On DVD Movies says:
Worth a rent
RATING:
R
RUNNING TIME:
98 Minutes
STARS:
Minnie Driver, Jeremy Renner
TRIVIA:
Apparently, a patent is pending on a new camera set up used in the fillm, according to contacts at a Tribeca Q&A.
