Band of Robbers

2016 "From Mark Twain's iconic books"
Band of Robbers
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Released: 15 January 2016 Released
Producted By: Whitewater Films
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A comedic thriller that re-imagines Mark Twain's iconic literary characters of "Huckleberry Finn" and "Tom Sawyer" as grown men in current day.

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adonis98-743-186503 Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn are grown men, still searching for the hidden treasure that has eluded them since childhood. I'm going to start this review by saying that i have never read the books and i know nothing about this characters but that doesn't mean i hated this movie cause it reminded me a lot of those old books that you know my parents and your parents read about hidden treasures and little kids that tried to find them. As far as characters go i think everyone had a moment although some could be more into it like Tommy or even Ben who helped them for sure but not as much as i hoped he would. What surprised me though was Melissa Benoist as Becky she had a lot of screen time unlike Danny Collins, The Longest Ride and Whiplash her character was very cute and likable as for Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn themselves both Kyle Gallner and Adam Nee gave some really good performances and Adam alongside his brother directed the film really good cut in parts and with even an Epilogue that i absolutely loved i even liked Daniel Edward Mora as Jorge and it was really nice what Huck did for him in the end. Another surprising good performance was Stephen Lang as Injun Joe who i really liked as a villain unfortunately the way that he gets killed kinda bothered and also the fact that the "Band of Robbers" went on separated ways but still really good acting and nice characters, great direction, pacing and the plot gets developed as the movie goes and you see that this people actually care about the characters that they portray and even tho the movie was amazing i really don't understand why it's so low rated i guess some people can't understand a modern adaptation of something or just waited something else. To wrap this up this film was entertaining from beginning to end and both the first shot and last were very good directed especially the last one that looks like an actual painting great job from everyone Bravo go check out this film is out on Blu-Ray and DVD or just see it online it was very entertaining and it showed really well the meaning of friendship and even a little bit of love as the film goes on.
Anna Faktorovich This film opens with a quote from Mark Twain, "Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot." If the author of this script followed this advice and did not make a formulaic bandit adventurer plot for this feature, this would have been a much better film. Instead, the script writer attempted to write an alternative modern-day retelling of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn by rebirthing Tom as a police officer and Huck as a convict just leaving prison. Huck and a couple of other friends are roped into a robbery by Tom, but the whole thing goes horrifically wrong in what seems to be slapstick comedy before it descends into a dark tragedy. In this image below, the young Sawyer and Finn are starting their search for treasure. Huck has a bruise over his eye from his father beating him, and he allows Tom to drag him into criminal activities for which he is initially arrested as a juvenile because Tom supports him running away from his father to spend time in their fantasy world. If these two kids carried the rest of the movie, it might have turned out a lot better…Fig. 15. Willem Miller as Young Tom Sawyer, left, and Gabriel Bateman as Young Huck Finn.None of Twain's plot or moral is retained, and their adventures are equated with modern gangsters willing to kill for a few dollars. I never understand why films like this use known authors and character names in the public domain without even calling the film by the popularly known titles. From glancing at the title and the description, I had no idea this would be a mockery of Mark Twain. Some ideas expressed in Mark Twain's adventures are taken out of context, and see ridiculously out of place in this interpretation. Here is an example of a scene where Tom is trying to convince Huck to commit a bigger crime than the one they just barely pulled off. "We had an adventure, nobody got hurt, and we're all a few bucks rich, eh?" Tom says. "Thomas, the situation is, we put ourselves in danger again, for nothing," Huck replies. "We got some money." "There's no money! I gotta pay Horhay! I gotta give him thirty dollars. The driver. I'm barely going to break even on this." "All right. Well, you can be the one who gets the special coin then…" Tom stretches the coin out to Huck. Huck does not take it: "You know the woman I live with keeps telling me that I need to change. She says, if I don't change, I'm gonna end up in a bad place. Of course, I wish, I was already in a bad place." Chuckles. "She's trying to sell me on heaven, you know. She's tellin' me that all you do all day is you sit down, you play harp, you sing songs for all eternity. And I said to her, if that's the case, I better sweat it out in hell with my best friend, Tom Sawyer, than play the harp, and, and… with Moses. I'm not friends with Moses." Then he reverses his position and says that still he has to change because he just "got out of prison" and he doesn't want to go back. The switch is too abrupt. In Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Twain does indeed present a band of robbers but they are crooks that both Huck and Tom work to help to prevent from committing crimes. The youths are hunting for treasure, but stop short of committing crimes to find it, and if they stumble into doing the wrong things, like pretending to be dead, they usually right these wrongs because of moral and religious motivations. It certainly speaks to the modern age that in this re-imagining the villains and the heroes are united into anti-heroes and they are partially redeemed in the end without fully atoning for their very serious sins: murder, theft, armed assault, etc. So, this discussion about Moses and heaven feels hacked inFig. 16. Matthew Gray Gubler (left), Hannibal Buress (center), Kyle Gallner (right), and Adam Nee in front with the gun.The whole film feels like a revenge fantasy by two students that flunked their exams on Mark Twain's novels and decided to re-write the stories to prove that what they imagined happened in the narrative was really the case.Fig. 17. The treasure of gold coins.The acting is also unconvincing, as it's unbelievable that Tom, despite being a police officer, is an illiterate idiot. I would fully support the portrayal of police officers in this light, but I think this would have had to be a tragedy rather than a comedy to pull this point off. This film is memorable, but disturbing for any serious literature readers. If you've never read Mark Twain, you should feel pretty good about it all, but I hope you will not base your high school quiz answers on this plot line. Title: Band of Robbers Directed/ Written by: Aaron Nee, Adam Nee Stars: Kyle Gallner (Huck Finn), Adam Nee (Tom Sawyer), Matthew Gray Gubler (Joe Harper) Genre: Adventure; Comedy; Crime Rating: R Running Time: 95 min Release: 2015
reneeob i saw it at MoA afternoon matinée wed the 20th. perfect setting for an enoyable day this movie was made with passion and tlc--clearly observable.love to feed the indy movie scene? no put intended. go see Band of Robbers. delightful spin on the old huck fin / tom sawyer story. two seasoned leads did a fantastic job: kyle gallner and adam nee (who was actually in an episode of SatC) who was also co writer and co director.i'm not usually a big fan of silly movies but i don't pass up mgg. ever. though his role was supporting, his character was hilarious and it was fun to see him play the opposite of reid. plus the short joggers and tank tops are not to miss.BaR was super cute and entertaining quite a few funny laugh out loud moments. if you need a light airy movie on a cold winter's too hot summer's day, i indeed recommend.
subxerogravity This could have went so wrong. I'm thinking of when they did this in Hook and turn Peter Pan into an adult, but Band of Robbers works really well.The acting was superb. So was the writing. From the moment you see Huck Finn and Tom on the screen you got the feeling of two dudes who never out grew who they were as children and it was fantastic.Tom and Huck still looking for treasure and adventure and they seem not to care about who gets in there way.As a whole, the movie was a great expedience to watch. It was a quirky funny and a little dark.