Forced to pay back for the Chinese gang, Cam whose standard of living is good is joining the life of parkour after meeting a beautiful girl called Nikki who convinced him to join their group as he needs money. Cam fall in love with Nikki and decides to do everything for her so he goes on a last robbery which did not go well.
Corny twists and exchanges ensue in the wobbly story, but, delightfully, Daniel Benmayor's film shows love not just for stunts but for the dynamic surfaces of the city.
The plot is strictly routine, and so is the script, but the scenes in which the gang members dash and leap, tumble and spring across the city's rooftops give the film a giddy rush of adrenaline.
It ignores the basic requirements of cinema - narrative, tension, emotion - to pile on more scenes of attractive, fit people doing dynamic, envelope-pushing things.
Los Angeles Times
March 19, 2015
As long as it shuts up and keeps moving, "Tracers" makes for a sufficiently diverting, not to mention zero-emission, vehicle.
Formulaic in all its plotting and characterization, Tracers is uninspired and forgettable, like a mediocre restaurant that serves small portions of mediocre food, leaving you with little to chew on and minimal satiation.
Taylor Lautner tries to leverage those kids who grew up watching him grow up on screen, in this serviceable, if staid and clichéd action movie set in New York City.
