![]() ![]() “The Vault” isn’t airtight, but it works as a slick piece of escapist entertainment. Freddie Highmore ('The Good Doctor') and Famke Janssen (X-Men) star in this action-packed thriller following a high-risk heist. ![]() To the very end, we still have some unanswered questions. All of it leads to a thrilling climax and then a rather strange epilogue. Thom, a genius engineering graduate is interested in the Bank of Spains safe. (Not to give too much away, but if Gustavo had seen “Speed” he would have been hip to one of the tricks pulled off by Walter and company.) “The Vault” takes detours into subplots involving a possible romance between Thom and Lorraine a British government attorney played by Famke Janssen, who is Walter’s ally but maybe she isn’t, and the story behind Simon and the portable radio he carries with him at all times. Jose Coronado does splendid work as Gustavo, the tough-minded, no-nonsense head of security for the Bank of Spain, who has an obsessive dedication to his work and doubles/triples/quadruples security measures when he gets wind of an attempted heist of the vault. But to complete the puzzle he needs the talents of one Thom Laybrick (Freddie Highmore), a genius-level engineering school graduate with a rebellious streak who is in the midst of turning down six-figure job offers from oil companies when he gets a mysterious text inviting him to change his life forever - and before you can say “screenplay contrivance,” Thom is all-in on the dangerous mission, which will result in either a lifetime of riches or a near-lifetime prison sentence. Walter’s crew includes the former MI6 operative and ace diver James (Sam Riley), master of disguises and cons Lorraine (Astrid Berges-Frisbey), the sentimental, reliable old hand Simon (Luis Tosar) and the German computer hacker Klaus (Axel Stein). ![]()
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