Takers

Takers
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	John Luessenhop
Written by	Peter Allen Gabriel Casseus John Luessenhop Avery Duff
Produced by	Will Packer Tip "T.I." Harris Jason Geter
Starring	Matt Dillon Paul Walker Idris Elba Jay Hernandez Michael Ealy Tip "T.I." Harris Chris Brown Hayden Christensen
Cinematography	Michael Barrett
Edited by	Armen Minasian
Music by	Paul Haslinger
Production companies	Screen Gems Rainforest Films Grand Hustle Films
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Releasing
Release date	August 27, 2010 (2010-08-27) (United States)
Running time	107 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$32 million[1]
Box office	$69.1 million[2]

Takers^[3] (formerly known as Bone Deep) is a 2010 American heist action thriller film directed by John Luessenhop from a story and screenplay written by Luessenhop, Gabriel Casseus, Peter Allen, and Avery Duff. It features Matt Dillon, Paul Walker, Idris Elba, Jay Hernandez, Michael Ealy, Tip "T.I." Harris, Chris Brown, Hayden Christensen, and Zoe Saldana in an ensemble cast. The film was released on August 27, 2010.^[2]

The film follows a group of professional bank robbers (Ealy, Brown, Christensen, Walker and Elba) who specialize in spectacular robberies. They are pulled into one last job by a recently paroled cohort (T.I.) only to be pitted against a hard-boiled detective (Dillon) and his partner (Hernandez) who interrupt their heist.^[4]