Gangin with some friends tonight and we’re all thinking of thriller and heist movies. It’s my turn to pick the film of the night, problem is I don’t watch movies all that often and I don’t want to accidentally pick something shitty.
Suggestions please!
Den of Thieves
not the most action packed but Michael Mann’s Thief is so slick and stylish. It’s like the epitome of cool, and stars the GOAT James Cann. Also has some good working class vs boss themes
Le Cercle Rouge is a French heist movie by the great crime movie director Jean-Pierre Melville. It’s very tense and engaging, and stars the absolute coldest mother fucker to ever grace the screen, Alain Delon.
Ronin
Heat, but probably everyone’s seen it
Seconded on Heat. A great example how older movies had such masterful pacing compared to what we get today.
Then: takes its time, long diner / loading dock scenes to establish tension + characters, explosive payoff
Now: thou shalt have no fewer than seven action sequences, each shall be no more than eight minutes apart least the audience literally die
The Score (2001) (cw: this clip has an r-slur)
I dunno as long as you can laugh along with Brando’s performance it’s a fun movie and the heist has a neat technical aspect
