Money Plane

Locations
Call Number: Blu-ray Action Money
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Pittsfield Branch, Traverwood Branch, Westgate Branch

Originally released as a motion picture in 2020.
Wide screen.
Adam Copeland, Kelsey Grammer, Thomas Jane, Denise Richards, Katrina Norman, Andrew Lawrence, Joey Lawrence, Matthew Lawrence, Al Sapienza.
A professional thief in debt for $40 million and with his family's life on the line must commit one final heist: steal from a futuristic flying casino filled with the world's most dangerous criminals.
Blu-ray, wide screen; requires Blu-ray player.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

sucks submitted by yufamily on July 21, 2021, 8:17pm don't waste your time

Heist on a Low Budget submitted by Meginator on August 21, 2021, 11:25am Content note: This film includes some surprisingly dark moments for the heist genre, including a bit of blood and a couple of gory moments that happen partially on-screen.

Technically speaking, this is not a particularly good film: the dialogue is stilted and over-expositional, the plot has its fair share of holes, and it’s clear that everyone was working with a fairly restricted budget. However, although the premise hints at a grander scope and scale than the story actually delivers, the film never takes itself too seriously, which makes it kind of work in a so-bad-it’s-good kind of way. The tonal balance is uneven, with the film’s humor and attempt at lofty moralizing (which kind of actually works because the film is in no way overbearing about it) undercut by a few moments of oddly out-of-place sadism. Kelsey Grammar is (unsurprisingly) fantastic as a conniving villain and Adam Copeland is convincing as a quiet and capable criminal mastermind (even if the plot he comes up with seems a little--okay, *extremely*--implausible when examined in any depth). The story proceeds largely by the numbers but also employs some interesting iterations on the typical heist narrative that are great ideas even if they don’t always work in this context. I do wish the film was a little more fun given the outlandish premise, but taken on its own terms as a low-budget action caper and a directorial debut starring the director’s brothers (and himself!), it’s not as bad as it could be.