Written by Mark Bianculli, “How to Rob a Bank” hopes to tap into class divide rage, using issues with financial inequality and the predatory worlds of health care and banking to fuel a tale of revenge. The timing of the production is pretty good, but the post-Luigi material has been handed to director David Leitch, who’s primarily interested in amplified action entertainment, previously helming “Hobbs & Shaw,” “Bullet Train,” and 2024’s “The Fall Guy.” Leitch isn’t one to oversee nuanced storytelling, which is exactly what this endeavor needs to successfully sell its ideas on frustration and violence in the name of vengeance. “How to Rob a Bank” is cranked up with content creator visuals and physical activity from the helmer, pulling the feature away from a sharp understanding of pain, moving into something ridiculous instead, missing a true sense of danger as an uninspired filmmaker takes on an antiestablishment tale. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com
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