The Trust (2016)

People are voting emotionally.

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

I had a hard time following this movie. The Vegas PD must be furious that cops on their force were portrayed in the movie to be bad cops. The Vegas PD goes to great lengths to find cops that are not likely to fall to temptation in sin city. That aside, why would Cage so casually pick Wood to be his accomplice when he had carefully planned the big heist.

This movie starts out really strong. The plot maybe a bit nonsensical but it's fast-paced and keeps your attention. Through about the first hour, we're doing alright. But that last half hour, sheesh! The movie falls flat, riddled with plot holes and ludicrous character decisions, mostly by Elijah Wood. Then to top it all off, the final scene raises the ridiculousness to an entire new level.I know that this is just a dumb heist movie but the script should at least try to maintain a semblance of being believable. Is that too much to ask? The movie's title is "The Trust", wanting us to focus on the relationships in this movie and the trust established with them. If that's your whole movie idea, why not focus on that more. We know next to nothing about Cage & Wood's relationship. How long have they known each other? Are they close? The movie doesn't tell us. It's suppose to be this traumatic scene when Wood betrays Cage but we as the audience have no emotional ties to their relationship. Neither of them is exactly likable so the rift that is formed between them (which is out of nowhere, by the way) doesn't mean anything to us. And why exactly Wood decides to trust the girl over Cage at the end is beyond me. Poor ending, very poor.

First off don't read the bad reviews they are just mad people who get very emotional by movies. The movie is about 2 cops doing a crime and the character played by cage is really unstable and would be seen as weird and antisocial while his partner Elijah is a normal guy that feels like he is getting playedObviously people are really really mad about the ending and cannot understand mistrust because they have not ever left the man cave. but blaming the whole movie because there was a lot of mystery and confusion around the heist and a twist at the ending. well then maybe try to understand what this movie is about. it's called trust and is not a movie about some idiots doing a heist gone wrong.

Sergeant Waters (Elijah Wood) and his boss Lieutenant Stone (Nicolas Cage) work evidence collection in the general corruption of the Las Vegas Police Department. Stone is tired of the mild incompetence of the force. A secret drug stash inside a car engine leads to an excessive $200k bail receipt. Stone recruits Waters to find this petty criminal and the source of the cash. They discover a mysterious vault in the back of a grocery store.It's a fun little crime drama black comedy. Wood and Cage work well together as a corrupt buddy cop duo. Cage is having a bit of fun at the expense of Wood. Trust is a hard thing to come by in this movie and that keeps the audience from fully rooting for them. It would have solidified their relationship if they're family or childhood friends. It never occurs to me why Waters would ever trust Stone in this caper. Nevertheless, there are some humorous darkness that makes this worthwhile. The last act is muddled which keeps this from being great.