Film: Bus 657
Cast: Robert De Niro, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Kate Bosworth, Dave Bautista
Director: Scott Mann
This action adventure directed by Scott Mann uses the framework of a heist to underline paternal love. Pope (Robert De Niro) is the oily owner of a casino, with ill gotten gains but he still loves his estranged daughter Sydney (Kate Bosworth). Enough to want to leave her his fortune. She doesn’t want it and tells him, “Love is built on sacrifice, not dollars.”
Cut throat that he is, he refuses to dole out some money to his employee military vet, Luke Vaughn (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) who needs the money for his daughter’s operation. He needs a “big” amount ($300,000) favour and gets sacked instead. When fellow employee Cox (Dave Batista) tells him they could steal from the vault, he says no, but then changes his mind when Pope refuses the loan.
The script is strong on motivation. Everything that happens is explained. Carefully. So, even the police Officer Kris Bajos (Gina Carano) who witnesses a “possible hostage situation” understands that Vaughn has reasons to be “kind and caring”.
The cast does a good job and I liked the feel good ending, even though it strains credulity.
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