Nice effects though.

I wanted to but couldn't!

good back-story, and good acting

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

The Pandora's Box theme is a pretty common theme in crime films. Someone finds a suitcase full of cash (Shallow Grave) or something else of great value in the most ordinary of places.In this story a suitcase full of cash literally falls into the main character's lap. In the most satisfying scene of the movie (a bad sign if this scene occurs early in the film as it does here), our down on his luck blue collar hero uses the cash to pay off bad debt, sticking it up their bank manager's nose in the process. Great scene. The villain vanquished, the hero returns to his home the victor to share in the spoils with his equally "beautiful people" wife.The only trouble is, it belongs to Sean Bean, who comes after the money with all the vengeance of Ned Stark looking for his missing head. Once Ned ... whatever his name is in the movie ... finds our lovely but temporarily rich couple, he shacks up with them and the movie descends into a weak 21st century version of Fun With Dick and Jane (1977), minus the witty dialogue and great acting of that crime caper classic, in that "Ned" demands Jane and Joe Schmuck turn to a life of crime in order to pay back what little amount they had time to spend.Bet you didn't see that coming? Well I did. So I'm only giving it a 6/10

The film looks like a cheap knock off of The Desperate Hours with hints of dark comedy and cheap racism. Just look at the way the Sikh character is treated and even Glenn the Plumber.Sam Phelan (Chris Hemsworth) and his wife Leslie (Victoria Profeta) are facing debt problems. While driving his old Buick a case full of money lands on his bonnet. With this windfall they quit their jobs, pay their debts off, buy a fancy car and things for their house.Pyke Kubic (Sean Bean) comes to town from the UK to help out his twin brother, Reese who was involved in the robbery and threw the money over before he was arrested. Reese remembers what kind of car it landed on.Pyke traces Sam and retrieves what is left of the money. However through threats, psychological and physical, he also wants the seventy four thousand dollars that the couple have spent.The film has an off beat premise has first Pyke traces the culprit by finding out who purchased an expensive car with cash. Once he finds Sam, he makes the couple retrieve the cash before he decides he wants to them to pay back every cent.The film was made before Hemsworth bulked up as Thor as Sam is rather bland although Profeta is very mouthy as his irate wife. Bean keeps things interesting as the smart villain who can get very nasty but the film goes off the rails as the couple end up robbing liquor stores to make up the shortfall. Surely Pyke would had realised he would had lost everything if he had got caught with them.The film looks too much like a straight to DVD movie, rather cheaply made and even though offbeat its only mildly interesting.

Some of the blandest of stories can be made into gems by the performance of one man. The story in Ca$h is by no means original, but the addition of an outstanding bad guy, with his own original way of doing things, makes the film worth seeing. Sean Phelan (Chris "Thor" Hemsworth) is down on his luck and about to have his house taken by the bank, when an amazing thing happens. While driving on the highway, he sees a high speed chase in progress. The robbers, not wanting to be caught with the evidence, throw their loot off the overpass and right onto Phelan's car. The Phelan's think that God has smiled on them and they start making plans for life in the fast lane, when their luck turns again. Thanks to their greed, the robber (Sean Bean) is able to track them down and shows up at the Phelan's door, demanding his money back. LOTR's Sean Bean stars as the bad guy and he really has turned into one of the best criminal actors you could get. He's this big scary guy, with such a calm demeanor, willing to tell you everything that's on his mind. Bean takes the Phelan's through a wild week, trying to get back his money in a variety of ways, that I think will really surprise you. One of Bean's strength as an actor turns out to be a weakness to his character in this film. As I said, he has a way of always telling you what's on his mind, and in this film it's all about the cash. That being said, Bean keeps trying to figure out the amount of money left to be repaid and it gets pretty annoying. Also of note, while this was a pretty entertaining film, it is also about 40 minutes too long. Admittedly, the story is a bit thin, so the writers try to expand the story as much as they can. While it's terrific at first, by the end, the film is seriously lagging, and it takes a lot away from an otherwise terrific film. Ca$h doesn't offer many surprises, but the cast is terrific and it most defiantly has it's moments. It's the perfect film to use if you're looking to kill some time without having to think too much about it.

That word alone could be a fair summary of Cash. Expectations were high after watching the small scene that Zune shows as a preview -when Sam pays his mortgage debts with part of the money he just found-, but that was just an illusion. I can't believe how Sean Bean decided to take a role in such a bad film.This movie lacks originality, script, even rhythm. It shows some of the weirdest situations i've ever seen in a movie... How can the be so calm having a criminal -possibly murderer- in their own house? There is no moment in the movie in which the young couple sense any kind of fear at the sight of having to deal with a person who is assaulting their house and holding them captive. Acting flaws are pretty obvious in Victoria Profeta's part, transforming from one day to other from a silly housewife into a rabid, insult-obsessed girl with a liking to assault robbery for absolutely no reason.This movie is absurd. Comedical without wanting it. Terribly simplistic and irrelevant. Spend your time with something funnier like, don't know, eating plastic or stomping your head to a wall.