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211 (film)
211 is a 2018 American crime-action film directed by York
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Shackleton and written by Shackleton and John Rebus. The
film stars Nicolas Cage, Sophie Skelton, Cory Hardrict,
Michael Rainey Jr., Ori Pfeffer and Weston Cage. Filming
began on February 27, 2018 and ended on April 27, 2018. The
film was released on June 8, 2018, by Momentum Pictures. It
is based on the 1997 North Hollywood shootout.[3]

211 refers to the Hundred Code for robbery used in California,

although the story is set in the fictional city of Chesterford,
Massachusetts.

Contents
Plot
Cast
Production
Release Theatrical release poster

Reception Directed by York Shackleton

Critical response Screenplay by York Shackleton
References John Rebus

External links Produced by Isaac Florentine

Jeffrey
Greenstein

Plot Avi Lerner

Les Weldon
In Afghanistan, disgruntled mercenaries corner a mob boss Jonathan
who owes them money. Under torture, he discloses it has been Yunger
wired to various banks including one in Chesterford. In a
Starring Nicolas Cage

Kabul market, Interpol Agent Rossi's operation to catch an

Sophie Skelton
antiquities smuggler is interrupted and she is redirected to the
crime scene caused by the mercenaries. Cory Hardrict

Michael Rainey
In Chesterford, Massachusetts, Kenny Ralston, a quiet high Jr.

school student, has an altercation with bullies. The school Ori Pfeffer

vice-principal tells Shawnee Ralston, Kenny's mother, that he Weston Cage

must go on a police ride-along or face expulsion.
Cinematography Alexander
Meanwhile, Agent Rossi asks a gun shop manager for Krumov
information on the mercenaries and receives a warehouse Edited by Ivan Todorov
address.
Music by Frederik
Patrolman Mike Chandler has lost his wife of thirty years to Wiedmann
cancer. His difficulty in expressing his emotions has strained Production
Millennium
his relationship with his daughter, Lisa. Mike’s patrol partner company Films
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and son-in-law, Steve, reveals that Lisa is pregnant. Distributed by Momentum

Pictures
At the bank, an armoured cash transport delivers over $1.3
million. Tre, Rob and Luke finalise their heist plan, while Release date June 8, 2018
Hyde plants a cell-phone IED in a restaurant. Running time 86 minutes[1]

Mike and Steve arrive at work. Kenny signs forms regarding Country United States
the ride-along. Responding to a call from headquarters, Steve Language English
and Mike draw their weapons on a suspect and Kenny records
Box office $1.1 Million[2]
it using his smartphone.

The crew storm the bank and threaten everyone. Near the bank, Steve goes for coffee while Mike
and Kenny discuss the school altercation. Gaining insight, Mike empathizes with Kenny. On
Steve’s return, Mike indicates a black Escalade parked in the red zone outside the bank. Inside the
bank, Tre orders Hyde to ‘make the call’. The IED destroys the restaurant.

Police headquarters alerts all patrols to the explosion. Mike chooses to remain because of Kenny.
Hyde becomes agitated. The other patrols converge on the restaurant and news reaches the
hospital where Shawnee prepares to receive multiple casualties. Rossi diverts to Chesterford. First
responders arrive and SWAT Captain, Horst, issues orders.

Hyde opens fire on the cruiser. As Mike takes evasive action, Steve alerts headquarters. Some
officers leave the restaurant area to provide backup to Mike and Steve. Mike crashes the cruiser
and gets out, returning fire. Initially trapped, Steve manages to free himself and then Kenny.
Kenny grabs his phone as he exits the cruiser and Mike eventually kills Hyde. Realising Steve is
seriously injured, Mike fabricates a tourniquet. Rossi arrives at the restaurant area and Hyde is
identified.

The back-up team attempt to evacuate Steve and Mike retrieves a first aid kit. Inside the bank,
Luke uses a 50-cal rifle to shoot Mike but misses. Two other officers are killed.

Steve gets Kenny to record a farewell message on his phone. Lisa learns of the restaurant explosion
and gets Steve’s voicemail.

The back-up team reach their colleagues. Moving Steve, they become separated from Kenny who
hides in a parked Blazer. His phone dead, Kenny looks for another battery and hacks a charger.

An EMT assesses Steve, Hanson returns with a seriously-wounded Jacobs and Mike notices Kenny
is missing. Starting a search with Hanson, Mike receives a call from Lisa and prepares her for bad
news. Lisa arrives at the ER and questions the now barely-conscious Jacobs who says Mike is still
on scene looking for the 'ride-along kid'. Shawnee, in earshot of Jacobs, reacts just as Kenny
telephones to let her know he is safe, for now.

Rossi arrives in the command post to witness Mike shouting that his dead son has ‘a child on the
way’. Horst finalizes the breach. Mike and Hanson head for the parking lot to locate and rescue
Kenny. SWAT advances. Tre orders the hostages out. Now safe, a hostage reveals something in her
pocket. Horst, identifying another IED, dies selflessly protecting the hostages.

SWAT begin their breach but are repelled. Rob exits first, firing to cover his escape but gets killed.
Luke is killed at the bank door. Tre approaches Mike firing wildly. Hanson is killed. Mike is
wounded and as Tre raises his weapon to kill Mike, Kenny uses Hanson’s side arm to shoot Tre.
Rossi appears and shoots Tre.

As Mike and Kenny sit in an ambulance, Shawnee arrives and hugs her son. Lisa arrives and
embraces her father.

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One year later, Mike arrives home after a run. He is greeted with shouts of Happy Birthday.
Among his well wishers are Jacobs, Steve, and Mike’s granddaughter. Stepping towards his
visitors, Mike asks Kenny to ‘take some new pics’.

Cast
Nicolas Cage as Mike Chandler
Dwayne Cameron as Steve MacAvoy
Sophie Skelton as Lisa MacAvoy
Alexandra Dinu as Agent Rossi
Michael Rainey Jr. as Kenny Ralston
Shari Watson as Shawnee Ralston
Ori Pfeffer as Tre
Sean James as Rob
Weston Cage as Luke
Michael Bellisario as Hyde
Cory Hardrict as Officer Hanson
Amanda Cerny as Sarah
Bashar Rahal as ANP Major

Production
On January 27, 2017, Nicolas Cage joined the cast of the film.[4] Filming took place at Nu Boyana
Film Studios in Sofia, Bulgaria.[5]

Release
The film was released on June 8, 2018, by Momentum Pictures.[6]

Reception

Critical response

The film review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes rates it 4% positive based on 24 reviews with
an overall rating of 2.5/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "211's disjointed assortment of
action clichés and uninspired set pieces adds up to roughly zero."[7] Metacritic reports an
aggregate score of 21 out of 100 (based on 8 critics), indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[8]

Luke Y. Thompson of Forbes gave it a fresh rating, writing “I can’t begrudge you waiting until 211
shows up on a Blu-ray at Walmart that also contains ten other Cage movies...But I can tell you that
when it does, you shouldn't skip over this one.”[9]

Other reviewers were not as complimentary. Jacob Knight from Birth Movies Death declared it
rotten, writing, “Nic Cage’s latest DTV action endeavour is a bizarre slog.”[10] Richard Roeper of
the Chicago Sun-Times gave it 2/4 and wrote, "A muddled, overcrowded, trigger-happy heist
movie brimming with clichés while constantly trying our patience."[11] Glenn Kenny of
RogerEbert.com gave it 1/4, describing it as "This effort is a cavalcade of crap. Loud crap."[12]
Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "It's probably foolish to wish that Nicolas Cage
would once again make movies as good as Adaptation and Leaving Las Vegas. But is it too much
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to ask that he go back to the comparative glory days of Con Air and The Rock?"[13] Dennis Harvey
of Variety wrote, "Unsurprisingly, the director doesn't get very good work from a cast asked
primarily to ramp up the intensity on stereotypes."[14]

References
1. " '211' Review" (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/211-review-1118075). The
Hollywood Reporter. 2018-06-07. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
2. "211 (2018)" (https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt4976192/). Box Office Mojo. Retrieved
May 5, 2022.
3. "See the trailer for York Shackleton's 211, very loosely based on the Battle of North Hollywood"
(https://web.archive.org/web/20180622032930/https://www.thefourohfive.com/film/article/see-t
he-trailer-for-york-shackleton-s-211-based-on-the-battle-of-north-hollywood-152). 2018-05-02.
Archived from the original (https://www.thefourohfive.com/film/article/see-the-trailer-for-york-sh
ackleton-s-211-based-on-the-battle-of-north-hollywood-152) on 2018-06-22. Retrieved
2018-06-22.
4. Busch, Anita (2017-01-27). "Nicolas Cage To Star In Bank Heist Movie '211' For Millennium" (h
ttps://deadline.com/2017/01/nicolas-cage-bank-heist-movie-two-eleven-york-shackleton-12018
95688/). Deadline. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
5. Larsen, Peter (2018-06-07). "Director York Shackleton found inspiration in a notorious North
Hollywood bank robbery for his Nicolas Cage-starring heist film '211' " (https://www.dailynews.c
om/2018/06/05/director-york-shackleton-found-inspiration-in-a-notorious-north-hollywood-bank
-robbery-for-his-nicolas-cage-starring-heist-film-211/). Retrieved 2018-06-22.
6. " '211' Trailer: Nicolas Cage Puts Our Love To The Test With Another Film We Haven't Heard
About" (https://theplaylist.net/211-nicolas-cage-trailer-20180424/). Theplaylist.net. 2018-04-24.
Retrieved 2018-06-11.
7. "211" (https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/211). Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved
October 10, 2021.
8. "211 (2018)" (https://www.metacritic.com/movie/211/critic-reviews). Metacritic. Retrieved
June 22, 2018.
9. Thompson, Luke Y. (2018-06-07). "Review: Forget 'Inspired By' Because '211' Works Better As
Nicolas Cage-Driven Fiction" (https://www.forbes.com/sites/lukethompson/2018/06/07/review-f
orget-inspired-by-because-211-works-better-as-nicolas-cage-driven-fiction/). Forbes. Retrieved
2018-06-22.
10. Knight, Jacob (2018-06-11). "211 Review: Robbing The Bulgarian Tax Shelter" (https://birthmo
viesdeath.com/2018/06/11/211-review-robbing-the-bulgarian-tax-shelter).
birthmoviesdeath.com. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
11. Roeper, Richard (2018-06-07). "While 211 in progress Nicolas Cage mostly plays it cool" (http
s://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/while-211-in-progress-nicolas-cage-mostly-plays-it-co
ol/). Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
12. Kenny, Glenn (2018-06-08). "211" (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/211-2018).
RogerEbert.com. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
13. Scheck, Frank (2018-06-07). " '211': Review" (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/211-r
eview-1118075). The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
14. Harvey, Dennis (2018-06-06). "'211': Film Review" (https://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/211-re
view-1202834841/). Variety. Retrieved June 22, 2018.

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