Empire State (2013)

Very disappointing...

Sorry, this movie sucks

Great Film overall

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Two childhood friends plan to rob an armored car depository. An NYPD officer stands in their way. Empire State uses The Rock as a marketing ploy to bring more people into watching it and it seems it worked since the best part of the film "The Rock" is in the film for like 15 to 20 minutes tops, Michael Angarano is annoying as hell and Liam Hemsworth is ok nothing more and nothing less. The story is interesting but the film's pacing is slow and kinda boring as well and except The Rock who does a great job? The rest of the Cast was fine except Angarano who was terrible. (5.0/10)

Chris Potamitis (Liam Hemsworth) is a young man living in NYC in the late 70's. He manages to get a job as a security guard which involves large amounts of money, little security, and over whelming temptation. He lives in a neighborhood of Greeks, along with his loud mouth, foul mouth friend Eddie (Michael Angarano). He is the classic idiot side kick who messes everything up.Eddie has big dreams for the money that Chris guards and desires to be a big shot, even though no one can stand him. Dwayne Johnson plays the investigating officer and comes in about half way through. His name as well as Emma Roberts are over billed for their roles. The film is based on an actual robbery, and like real crime, it is more akin to "dumb crook news" than a master criminal.The film makes for an entertaining action drama.Parental Guidance: Plenty of F-bombs. No sex or nudity.

First of all, this movie is nothing to do with Empire State Building. When I saw the movie poster with that building the background, I thought the movie would be something like 'White House Down' which will be defended against the terrorist takeover/attack. Poster also misleads that the movie is a complete action pack, but it was not. It was a crime-thriller which was based on the real story.The sudden variation in scenes and the character behaviors kind of incompetence to keep balanced everything in the story progress. Inspired by a real event is what kept my interest all the way. Suppose it was fictional that was written for the movie I would have said the writer was confused between character to build and story development.On the other side the performances promised to conclude the movie on a high note and it does. One of it was Dwayne Johnson, actually it was not his movie, but his part was a highlight alongside Liam Hemsworth and Michael Angarano. Could have done a little better in few parts for the best outcome. Anyway, it will entertain you, but cannot remain in your memory for so long.

I saw stars like Dwayne Johnson and Emma Roberts on the cover, so i thought that it will be a great thriller film, but i felt disappointing at the end. The Start was perfect, and it just encourages me to continue, and it makes me on fire waiting the hot actions to happen. But like i said, it didn't rise to my expectation. Liam Hemsworth, was not convincing, i like his brother more:P. And the surprise was in the role played by Dwayne Johnson, his role was so simple and small, and i felt like Dwayne himself was not convinced by his role. There is nothing to say about Emma Roberts, because i didn't see her in the film:P. The true story of the heist is attractive but the director didn't know how to play his cards well, and so the events in the film, was boring, predictable, and there is nothing special to note. So as i mentioned, the film begins solid, and attractive, but this is not gonna last, and the beauty of the beginning starts to melt, to reach a very simple and uninspired ending.