Triple Frontier Review: 5 Ups & 5 Downs

2. The Riveting Action Sequences

If Chandor decisively proves anything in this movie, it's that he sure knows how to put together a visceral, engrossing set-piece.

The undeniable high-point of Triple Frontier is the mid-film heist sequence, which boasts an atmosphere so thick with paranoia and tension you can practically taste it at home.

Though a certain CGI-fuelled sequence might look hokey in the hands of another director - especially as the VFX budget clearly wasn't massive here - Chandor does a fine job training the viewer's focus on the more palpable human elements at play.

The third act meanwhile delivers scrappier action as our heroes become more desperate to make their escape, yet it's never less than slick, inventive and a sheer joy to watch.

Some might feel a tad short-changed by the marketing, which seemed to imply far more action than the final film delivers, but the brief bursts of thunderous violence nevertheless deliver the goods in spades.