Meloni does the best that he can with his clichéd role, and the supporting players occasionally manage to convey that they actually care about the material, which is more than anyone else will be able to say.

Marauders suffers from an affliction that's increasingly rare, if not unique, in the annals of modern gritty cop thrillers -- it is all plot and no drama.

It's a bank-robbery thriller and a "political" expos all at once: No wonder this overly elaborate potboiler turns into a muddle.

It's hard to maintain coherence in a movie this busy, which goes all over the place and overcomplicates a simple "cops and robbers" setup for no reason.