Franco only speaks about 5 lines of dialogue and only holds onto a minuscule amount of screen time the whole film. James Franco the most prominent actor and main focus of promotional material in the film is just there to attract viewers it seems.
I look forward to seeing her in new roles. The dialogue is run of the mill, however Francesca Eastwood’s acting is pretty much wasted for this film and was a pleasant surprise. Taryn Manning gives a solid performance for her usual skitzy typecast character. The writing in the film isn’t horrible but is very unexciting because everything is as expected. No scenes in particular really hit home for me in that regards. Looking back at the film I believe the horror aspect of the film proved to be one of The Vault’s weakest characteristics.Ĭinematography takes a realistic approach and it fits the grittiness of the subject materials. Their isn’t any real build up or pay off for the horror side of the film.The film doesn’t rely on jump scares but instead unnerving hallucinations and gore.
The horror element in the movie is relatively rushed. As their plan unravels through predictable bank heist mistakes, so does a much darker under tone for the film.Ī paranormal component to the film is introduced when the crew looks to target the vault in the basement.
Unfortunately they don’t know what they have gotten themselves into.
All the right beats for suspense in the first half of the film are hit as the would be robbers go in to make a score. As far as bank heist films go, this film is pretty adequate. A mash up of your standard b-movie heist genre and a weird combination of unexpected horror. The Vault is an interesting genre mix up.