Plenty of nonsense, a great deal of stylish posturing and clothes-horsing, and a few action sequences that manage to be both gripping and preposterous. The story is a basic heist plot, with a few complications thrown in for texture and filigree. A group of well-dressed, ruthless and highly polished robbers knocks over a bank (…) None of them is especially interesting. Or rather, the actors have more cachet than the guys they are playing (…) Takers directed in what has become the usual fast-cutting, run-and-gun style by John Luessenhop (who is also one of four credited screenwriters), was conceived and executed with just enough skill and flair to make you wish it were better. — A. O. Scott