Movie review - "The Take" (1974) **

 Starts well with a terrific robbery sequence. Billy Dee Williams has star charisma and there's colourful support including Vic Morrow, A Martinez and especially Frankie Avalon as a dodgy guy. Apart from the sequence at the beginning and another bit at the end though it's plodding and not very gripping. Dee Williams' corrupt hero is a little too much of an anti hero - the baddies should've been meaner to him. Location filming in New Mexico is interesting made it feel like a prequel to Breaking Bad at times.