at the heart of almost every truly great crime thriller be a carefully consider and methodically plan out high stake super crime and which 9 time out of 10 be commit by a bunch of likable and grey scale morality underdog for who life isn not fair and for whom get back at the man be and well and something worth cheer for . first time screenwriter james v. simpson script for armored get this half right . he make extra double sure that we have get nothing but sympathy for the recently orphan and iraq war veteran ty hackett ( stomp the yard columbus short ) and who about to have his house take away by an evil bank ( brother and i have be there ) . and he give ty a good family friend in mike ( matt dillon ) who be super nice and get him a job at the armored car company that he work at with baines ( lawrence fishbourne ) and some weird french dude ( jean reno ) . these guy like to have fun and play prank and but they be also serious armored car guy too and so that mean they carry gun and be tough . after a short while and a one theoretically watch armored and one might start to think a i do and that maybe just maybe this be go to be some kind of awesome and tongue in cheek and cornball heist movie with some on the nose characterization that move the story along it natural course and crank up the personal stake of all involve in hope of unveil a really and really clever plan with lot of potential holy sht moment . i mean and the music alone be textbook heist movie gritty and edgy beat work overtime a be treat to close ups of character who say thing like a a matter of fact i do and and be you crazy . for 45 minute or so and the movie have some serious genre flick potential . then thing start to really stink . these dude and these idiot and have no plan . there no ok and here what be gon na do . scene and no blueprint and no explosive and no black van or ski mask ( despite their test run and a can be see in a trailer ) . no and these guy be go to steal $ 42 million dollar from their own truck ( which be only be track by hourly contact over the radio and despite be equip with some fancy and big deal gps technology ) and and they aren not even go to sit down and discuss it . hell and mike only tell ty about the plan the night before and which be completely ridiculous . but of course and ty get his house to think about so as long a mike promise that no one will get hurt and he on board . guess what and though . somebody get hurt . why . because and besides drive the truck into an abandoned factory to hide the money and they have no plan . that be it . that be how far they think thing out . so and naturally and thing start to unravel . these cat deserve everything they get for be so unprepared . this script and frankly and feel like it like the product of some bad improv game represent armor car and rob by it own guard . go . despite some half decent buildup that could have maybe take the film in a few interesting direction and the story just completely falls apart and and pretty soon and nothing make sense and or be even remotely plausible . when filmmaker do not have a cool hook for their heist and their character seem stupid and and bungling . and when character be stupid and and bungling and it hard for an audience to invest in them and and their story . and when that happen and any suspense drain out the bottom of the movie and leave a laughable and hollow husk . skip it . negative .