The Professor recruits a young female robber and seven other criminals for a grand heist, targeting the Royal Mint of Spain. Episode 2 41m. Hostage negotiator Raquel makes initial contact with the Professor. One of the hostages is a crucial part of the thieves' plans.

GoofsVaughn has no money, hijacks a bus, is on the national news, and suddenly gives a hospital $300,000 and no questions asked - Fact - No hospital would accept that amount of cash without a paper trail or from a person involved with Vaughn who participated in: murder/kidnapping/hijacking a public bus/cop killing/endangering the welfare of others/grand larceny/and more. The whole police force was involved and there is no way this could have gone down and the hospital would have to return the money that they would never had accepted anyway. You would think that a film with the title Heist in it would be all about that. Instead we get a simple robbery that does not go as planned and where three gang members end up on a bus. And where they are forced to keep the passengers hostage. As intriguing as this sounds it gets downhill from here. Most events are predictable to a tee apart from a few surprises that do help redeem this flick somewhat.

But seriously with a cast like this I can't but help to be disappointed. With names like Robert De Niro, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Dave Bautista, Gina Carano, Morris Chestnut, D. Sweeney, Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Kate Bosworth I expected a little more. Not much but come one what we got from this film is almost unacceptable. The only reason why I kept watching is because of the sincerity of Jeffrey Dean Morgan's character.

He only is involved since he needs the money for his daughter's surgery who has cancer. I am a sucker for that kind of melodrama especially if some of the main characters sell it well. I am not entirely sold on Gina Carano yet but I liked her part in this. For me it was far better than her role in breakthrough film Haywire. All the other actors are wasted. What happened to Robert De Niro?

Why is he still acting? It does not seem like he is enjoying himself. He hasn't brought his A game in a long while now and it does not look he is going to very soon. It's almost embarrassing to see him like this. At least we were spared that 50 Cent was not involved.

Most of the film plays out as you expect and the action is decent enough but nothing really special. For a film with a duration of 90 minutes it feels like it takes forever. This is due to lack of real tension and build up of suspense. How can it be if director Scott Mann plays it safe and goes for the ending everyone can live with. This is one of those movies that is decent enough when it is on television.

I don't think this is worth seeing in theaters or watching on DVD or bluray.

Contents.Plot Luke Vaughn, a man working in a Southern casino run by 'The Pope', has a sick daughter in a hospital, with medical bills he fails to pay, and further needs some $300,000, for her surgery. Yet, Pope refuses his plea for a loan, and when Vaughn insists, Pope fires him, which leads to his being beaten by the boss's right-hand man 'Dog'.Vaughn is approached by security guard Cox and agrees to rob the money, which the casino is laundering for the mob. After a $3 million heist, the masked thieves are intercepted by Dog's henchmen.

A gun battle ensues, wounding one of the thieves, and once their getaway driver escapes in terror, the rest are forced to hijack a city bus number 657. Police Officer Kris Bajos, whose car is parked a half block from the bus stop, hears the gunshots coming from the bus and pursues them and alerts reinforcements to join the chase and post a road block.Pope orders Dog to retrieve the money.

Meanwhile, Cox nearly shoots Kris, and Vaughn writes a passenger's phone number on a bus window, to enable contact with the gang, and warn Kris that Cox will kill passengers if the police are not instructed to clear the roadblocks. Kris obeys and Vaughn orders Bernie the bus driver to ram the roadblock, allowing the bus to enter the interstate highway. The next morning, the wounded thief is dying.

Vaughn asks one of the passengers, a veterinarian student, to take care of him. Cox orders Bernie to head to; unfortunately, the bus is running low on fuel, so Vaughn calls for a fuel tanker.Detective Marconi joins forces with Kris when she is about to be relieved from duty. Marconi monitors the bus via a police helicopter. Cox makes a call to Jono, an old man who aided them in planning the robbery, informing Jono that they have the money and are on the way.

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While refueling, Vaughn allows two hostages (Pauline and a young boy) to be released. Kris discovers that Vaughn pulled the robbery because of his ill daughter. Meanwhile, Dog learns the location of Jono through a police radio scanner.With the wounded thief suffering blood loss, Vaughn calls Marconi to board the bus with a medical emergency kit. He boards and takes a call from Pope, tossing the phone to Vaughn, revealing Marconi's affiliation with Pope.

Shortly thereafter, a SWAT team attacks the bus and pops the bus tire, causing it to crash to a stop near a bridge. Most of the passengers receive minor injuries.With police surrounding the bus, Cox holds Bernie hostage in front of the cops and on live TV. Bernie is presumably shot dead by Cox, but it is revealed that Vaughn shot his partner Cox instead, saving Bernie. Vaughn receives a call from his daughter saying that the money has arrived to pay the hospital bills. Vaughn releases all the hostages and the bus departs once the tires are repaired. The police authorities follow the bus but find out Vaughn has escaped and only Bernie is inside.Vaughn arrives at Jono's, but finds Dog has killed him.

Dog takes Vaughn prisoner by knocking him out with a shot of rock salt from a shotgun and they are joined by Pope and Marconi back on the bus, though Pope soon kills Marconi. Vaughn shows them where the remaining $2.7 million is hidden on the bus, then explains that Pauline was not a pregnant passenger but is actually his sister, who hid the missing $300,000 in her 'tummy'. Kris had deduced what Pauline was doing and did not stop her from paying the medical bill.

Dog is infuriated and is about to burn Vaughn alive, threatening to go after Vaughn's daughter next, when Pope shoots Dog dead. A grateful Vaughn is allowed to get away. Pope waits on the bus and lights a cigarette as the police arrive.Cast. as Francis 'The Pope' Silva. as Luke Vaughn. as Sydney Silva.

as Derrick 'The Dog' Prince. as Jason Cox. as Officer Krizia 'Kris' Bajos. as Bernie.

as Marconi. as Julian Dante. as Mickey. Christopher Rob Bowen as Eric. Lydia Hull as Pauline. Scott Herman as Sergeant Thomas ForbesProduction On November 6, 2013, at the sale, it was announced that film production and financing company acquired a heist script, then titled Bus 757, from writer.

The script, about a card dealer who puts a crew together to rob a bank and hijack a city bus, with an announced budget of $8.9 million budget, was being produced by Randall Emmett, George Furla, Alexander Tabrizi and Sepher. On May 17, 2014, it was announced that would direct, would distribute, and would star in the lead role of 'The Pope', the casino owner whose money is the target of the heist.

The title of the film had been changed to Bus 657 by September 24, 2014, when, and joined the cast of the film, which also added Max Adams as an additional screenwriter. On October 13, it was confirmed that screenwriter and actor Sepher was spotted on the set, later confirmed to be performing as one of the robbery crew. Was spotted on the set on October 15, with his casting as Derrick 'Dog' Prince confirmed two days later, acting as 'The Pope's' right-hand man who has to bring the money back before the cops seize it and realize it's dirty.

Filming Filming was scheduled to take place in, but was moved to, where filming began on October 13, 2014. On October 15, De Niro was spotted filming in the Crystal Ballroom of, which had been transformed into a 1940s-style casino called 'The Swan Casino'. The same day, scenes were being filmed on the corner of Royal and St. Francis streets in downtown Mobile. On October 21, filming was taking place on the, which was closed by the police from the eastbound entrance of to east of the.

Release In October 2014, at the sale, the film (under its second title, Bus 657) was sold to a number of international distributors, including Lionsgate International for the UK. The film was released on November 13, 2015 in a and through. Critical response The film was poorly received by film critics. The website reported a 26% approval rating with an average rating of 4.5/10 based on 27 reviews.' Gave the film 37/100, generally unfavorable, based on a weighted average rating of 11 reviews.

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