Comments on: Top Five… Heists

By: Clodagh Mulvey

Clodagh Mulvey — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:42:13 +0000

I stand corrected Ross McD So where’s Lost in Translation then? Think you should have a section comparing Sophia Copola’s oscar-winner and Jane Campion’s The Piano oscar nominee…let’s hear it for the girls!

By: mcguinnr

mcguinnr — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:04:01 +0000

The sequence in Heat is definitely stunning, but for me it was mainly the SOUND of it – the gunfire was up loud and scary in a way that I haven’t heard in any other movie.

By: Kai B. Parker

Kai B. Parker — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:20:56 +0000

Don’t know if anyone remembers this but the very first teaser trailer for the first Spiderman film showed clips of an awesome bank heist. The thugs raided the bank and got away on the roof in a helicopter before ending up caught in a giant web slung between the twin towers. This was late 2001 so the scene was cut for obvious reasons. Shame because it looked like a great scene.

By: Kai B. Parker

Kai B. Parker — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 05:18:15 +0000

Yeah, I gotta agree… Heat not being on this list is a shame, boys!

By: Darren

Darren — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:49:53 +0000

I’m with david on this – where is Heat? Sure, most of the sequence isn’t actually the heist itself (mainly on how spectacularly things fall apart), but it’s still absolutely stunning, right down to Al Pacino sniping Tom Sizemore and Dennis Haysbert dying in a rain of gunfire. Iconic stuff right there.

By: mcguinnr

mcguinnr — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:08:43 +0000

A personal fave is the the train robbery at the the start of Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid – great set-up and dialogue.

3 of the Die Hards were basically heist movies, weren’t they?

By: Caz

Caz — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:14:54 +0000

When reading through this list I was thinking about Oceans Eleven so agree with Heather on that one.

Another I would have in my list would be “Inside Man”.

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:40:12 +0000

Quick Change! Awesome and random. I loved that movie back in my adolescence. I haven’t seen it in years.

Sometimes remakes ARE better, and The Thomas Crown Affair remake is the best example of that. That film is pure and utter enjoyment and the final revelation at the end is priceless. Totally awesome #1.

I might have added Oceans Eleven or Mission Impossible, but great interesting list.

By: Ahimsa

Ahimsa — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:40:58 +0000

Quick Change was my favorite film in high school. Chuffed to see it here.

It perhaps wasn’t so clever, but bank heists always make me think of Point Break. Also, Clive Owen in Inside Man was rather Murray-esque with his excessive planning.

By: cinemascream

cinemascream — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:31:47 +0000

what about Heist? The bullion robbery from the plane is a gem.

For sheer ambition what about The Anderson Tapes? A whole block of flats takes guts and nuts.

The Italian Job is okay but when it comes to gangs the best is surely Kelly’s Heroes… okay so the heist itself is simply shooting a door but, on the other hand, DON RICKLES!