Joe Chapelle`s TAKEDOWN is avery important film. sadly it was shelved and molested prior to unfair and unlimited release. The importance of this film lies within its` simplicity. Chapelle made a conservative Hollywood film that is just a story about people doing this and that. And there`s nothing nmore about it. There are no power struggles within it, no demographic scanning, no product placement. Just a true story about the demise of America`s notorious hacker Kevin Mitnick. It`s as simple as that. And TAKEDOWN takes us confidently down that route. Chapelle`s film isn`t perfect but it feels like a well-done solid and compelling story that tries to serve the plot and characters first aned never looks for any other kind of gratification. Simply put, TAKEDOWN is just a movie with no other non cinematic ambitions. And that`s a whole lotta quality in age when movies are supposed to be more than a theatrical event, when tie-ins and power shifts swallowed the very essence of filmmaking. Well, TAKEDOWN hits back big time, reminding us how movies are supposed to feel.
