Film Review – 211

For his fourth film release of 2018, Nicolas Cage plays a cop caught in the middle of a particularly violent bank heist, forced to use his law enforcement experience to survive the event. And Cage has to summon his acting experience to make anything out of “211,” which is a bland actioner, stranded somewhere between procedural concentration and network television heroics. Cage isn’t exactly straining himself to command this feeble effort from writer/director York Alec Shackleton, but he’s offering something to a production that needs all the help it can get. “211” has moments of ferocity, but it’s not a convincing thriller, with clichés too pronounced and severity watered down to make much of a lasting impression.  Read the rest at Blu-ray.com