7 Minutes (2014)

7 Minutes: Directed by Jay Martin. With Luke Mitchell, Zane Holtz, Jason Ritter, Brandon Hardesty. Three high school friends are forced to commit a brazen robbery which quickly goes horribly wrong.

“u0026quot;Donu0026#39;t get caught. Donu0026#39;t get caught.u0026quot; Three high school friends have been backed into a corner. They need money, a lot of it, fast. Out of options they decide to simply rob a bank. They have the perfect target and things start smooth, but when one is recognized things take a turn for the worse. What started off as a way to get out of a jam now becomes a fight for survival. This movie is a different take on the heist movie genre. The robbery takes 7 minutes, but during that time the reasons and back story of each robber is told through flashbacks and that really is a neat way to do this. Each person has their own story, which really helps in the emotional connection to every person involved. On the other side, that is really the only thing keeping this from being 100% generic. There are a few twists in this but nothing mind blowing. All that said this is actually a decent movie to watch, but I found my mind wandering every once in a while. On the plus side this wasnu0026#39;t all that convoluted of a plot and even zoning out for a few minutes I was able to understand what was going on. Overall, nothing terrible but nothing amazing either. I liked the use of flashbacks. I give this a C.”