Heist – Movie Review
First Reaction – Heist is a wonderful late night action movie.
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Director: Scott Mann
Writer: Stephan Cyrus Sepher, Max Adams (Screenplay)
Cast
- Robert De Niro (Casino)
- Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Watchmen)
- Dave Bautista (Knock at the Cabin)
- Kate Bosworth (Blue Crush)
- Gina Carano (The Mandalorian)
Plot: A father is without the means to pay for his daughter’s medical treatment. As a last resort, he partners with a greedy co-worker to rob a casino. When things go awry they’re forced to hijack a city bus.
Runtime: 1 Hour 33 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: Heist starts when Luke Vaughn (Morgan) faces crippling debts to save his daughter Riley. He turns to mob boss Francis ‘The Pope’ Silva (De Niro) for help but gets refused. Meanwhile, a new employee Jason Cox (Bautista) turns to him with an offer to rob The Pope.
The two put together a team and steal from the Pope. They complete the job and hijack a bus to escape. However, The Pope refuses to let it get out of hand and looks to close up the loose ends before the police get their hands on the money.
Verdict on Heist
Recap
The movie follows a desperate man who agrees to help a thief steal from a ruthless gangster. However, the job goes wrong, and he finds himself needing to control the situation on a hijacked bus.
Best Parts
The action is non-stop and it keeps everything contained in the bus for the criminal team. It is welcome to take a chance on something outside the normal and leaves us with plenty of twists and turns. This fits the perfectly late-night action movie, and the runtime helps make it enjoyable.
Worst Parts
It is going to be easy to compare this to Speed, and it is easily nowhere near that standard. Certain sequences feel too safe and the action can be held back more than it needs to. We also end up going in a direction you can believe certain twists will happen.
Final Thoughts – Heist is late-night action 101.
