Jan 14, 2010
Ty Hackett (Columbus Short) is an employee at the Eagle Shield armored car company who is attempting shake off a less than outstanding past which includes a criminal record and service in the Iraq War. After the bank threatens to foreclose on his house Hackett finds himself in need of additional money to help make ends meet. While attempting to come up with a way to make more money Hackett is approached by one of the men who he works with at the armored car company, who has devised a plan to steal money being transferred from the Federal Reserve to the local banks in advance of a bank inspection.
Upset at the prospect, Hackett turns down the offer and leaves for his home. Upon arriving, he finds a welfare worker who reveals that Hackett’s brother has missed most of the school year, and that the absences have prompted the state to consider placing Hackett’s brother in foster home.
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The following morning Hackett arrives for work, and after receiving assurances that the plan will not leave blood on his hands reluctantly agrees to go along with the heist. Hackett and the other thieves are dispatched in two trucks to collect 42 million from the federal reserve, but after a radio check with their superiors the thieves set their plan into motion by driving to an abandoned steel mill located in a radio dead-zone. Here the team begins to unload the money for storage, intending to collect the cash after the heat from the heist dies down.
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The group offloads half of the 42 million from the first truck, but their plan takes an unexpected turn when a homeless man living in the mill observes the offloading process. A chase ensues, which results in the thieves catching the man, but when he attempt to flee again Baines (Laurence Fishburne ), a guard armed with a shotgun, shoots him.
This causes Hackett to have a change of heart, but as he attempts to get the homeless man into one of the armored cars the ringleader, Mike (Matt Dillon), kills the man. Upset over this, Hackett barricades himself inside the truck with the remaining 21 million. After an attempt to flee in the truck fails, Hackett sets off the truck’s alarm, which catches the attention of a local sheriff’s deputy.
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