supermaggie Review of Vier gegen die Bank

Vier gegen die Bank (2016)

Yes, a remake, yes German - but fun, suspense and a great ensemble

[9/10 · 1 January 2017]

Yes, many German productions are dull, yes, many German productions are eyeing an Oscar and therefore support Hollywood's disgusting and out-of-date wish for hateful Nazi-movies by having this one topic over and over again - we all know the historical facts, there is no need to beat this dead horse over and over again just because white Germans are an easy, welcome target as whipping boys (and girls), even if the justification for this has expired a long, long time ago and all that is left is just mere wicked discrimination and unjustified hatred - but if an artist like Wolfgang Petersen is on the wheel and has harnessed actors like the likable M. Bully Herbig (IMO the greatest and funniest movie maker ever), the ever charming M. Schweighöfer, talented J. J. Liefers, the fantastic C. Michelsen, A. M. Lara etc. - yeah, well, and the overrated but in this case/movie perfectly fitting T. Schweiger..., the result is an incredibly entertaining, suspenseful, smart, witty, and sometimes hilarious movie. Usually, too many cooks spoil the broth, but in this case: well done!! And the interesting thing is: not that the half-bungled bank robbery isn't funny enough, but in this case the best part comes after the robbery, when the four heroes are trying to get rid of the adamant investigator charged with the robbery. Great fun and some heart (M. Bully H. always touches you!). I took one point off because it is a remake, but the movie delivers fun worth of 10 points.