Reviews

There are movies, after 5 minutes, you know you'll get bored and it's going to be difficult to watch til the end. The Vault grabs your attention from the very beginning. And since then, you absolutely want to know what is going to happen and how... Highmore is no more the kiddie who chases monsters in his garden, he holds this heist flick on his shoulders, helped by solid actors and characters. It's certainly not a masterpierce (the 3rd act is a bit less gripping), but it's a very good original movie with a strong execution.

Just received as a suggestion by Prime newsletter among some other movies, with known faces. I picked up this one out of curiosity because watching always the same thing with the same names becomes extremely boring. With this indie flick, you don't have one single minute to get bored. The plot was trimmed down to the core backbone. A girl is hired to house sit a big house over the weekend. What was expected to be a quiet job, is going to turn into a nitemare. Fortunately, she's a kind of Michelle Yeoh or Cynthia Khan.

After a mere 15-min introduction, it's a maelstorm of gunfights and high kicks until the very end. Even if the budget does not seem huge, the energy involved is astounding and more refreshing than recent tasteless girl-kicks-bad-guys-asses. According to some sites, they are working on much bigger productions, let's hope they manage to keep the same mindset.