Movie Review: "The Trust"

Not your typical heist movie, "The Trust" puts two corrupt cops in the center of a dark comedy where the bad guys wear badges. 

Elijah Wood is Sgt. Dave Waters, who works in Evidence Management, he despises his job and would rather go outside and smoke than process a crime scene properly. He plays with evidence as a suspect attempts to flee injuring one if his colleagues and Dave just laugh it off. 

Nicolas Cage is Lt. Jim Stone, Dave's friend and boss, we see him pitching a process improvement ideas only to be let down due to "lack of budget". The same superior who shuts down Jim's ideas asks him to save a truck for him which is up for auction to gift to his son-in-law. 

Through some clever detective work, the pair discover what could be the vault of a drugs indicate. 

The two corrupt cops work through their various resources (oftentimes illegal) to steal the contents of the vault for their own. 

Technically there are no real "bad guys" in the movie as Dave and Jim deal with their own inner demons and with each other. 

When a heist is made possible through crime and corruption by the very people sworn against it-who can you really trust? 

6.5 out of 10, "The Trust" is the kind of movie that leaves you wondering and thinking in the end; it can be fulfilling but it also be frustrating at the same time. 

Impressive visuals for a heist movie, of course we can only expect incredible acting from Wood and Cage and the deliver. Elijah Wood's huge blue eyes just pull in, his macro expressions on screen are something only he can do. 

The movie also features cameos from veteran comedian Jerry Lewis and model, singer/songwriter Sky Ferreira. 

If you're looking for a movie with a different feel and flavor then you should definitely check out "The Trust" - now showing in cinemas. 

The Trust is a Saban Films/Lionsgate release of a Highland Film Group presentation of a Hassell-Free presentation, showing in Philippine theaters starting June 29,2016, through Octoarts Films International.