There are two movies coming out this fall that have terribly dumb plot conceits. One is a horror movie featuring Katrina Bowden (Cerie on 30 Rock) called The Shortcut, and the other is an action-thriller starring Lawrence Fishbourne (“do you want to take the red pill down the rabbit hole, or do you want your money back?” — The Matrix) called Armored. In The Shortcut, teenagers in a small town keep disappearing ON A SHORTCUT HOME FROM SCHOOL. Armored has a slightly more sophisticated plot involving loyalty and morality and greed, but nevertheless, this movie, too, was built on the simple conceit of “hey, I just drove by an armored truck, and it got me thinking: there’s gotta be something we can do with armored trucks.”

OOOOOOH, THIS IS A TOUGH ONE!

Both trailers after the jump.

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