Heist
It isn't love that makes the world go round.
Synopsis
Joe Moore has a job he loves. He's a thief. His job goes sour when he gets caught on security camera tape. His fence, Bergman, reneges on the money he's owed, and his wife may be betraying him with the fence's young lieutenant. Moore and his partner, Bobby Blane, and their utility man, Pinky Pincus, find themselves broke, betrayed, and blackmailed. Moore is forced to commit his crew to do one last big job.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Status: Released
Director: David Mamet
Website: http://morgancreek.com/film/heist/
Main Cast
Gene Hackman
Joe Moore
Danny DeVito
Mickey Bergman
Delroy Lindo
Bobby 'Bob' Blane
Sam Rockwell
Jimmy Silk
Rebecca Pidgeon
Fran Moore
Ricky Jay
Don 'Pinky' Pincus
Patti LuPone
Betty Croft
Alan Bilzerian
Fast Food Customer
Richard L. Friedman
Counterman
Robert Lussier
Fast Food Cook
Trailer
User Reviews
JPV852
My third time seeing this over the years and still holds up as a solid crime-thriller. Mamet's dialogue is distinct and might not be for everybody but I find it quite a bit of fun. Hackman and Lindo are in their element and DeVito chews up the scenery. **3.75/5**
kendallgibson
Like the railings on Gene Hackman's boat, this review must be gilded because if I tell you what I really feel I would have to... well, you know. In essence each character is caught in an infinite loop of parlaying -- Hackman wants to capitalize on a lifetime of grift, DeVito wants to expand his territory (ironic for a man of such small stature), and Pidgeon just wants to keep getting laid. If you watch this film, keep in mind the historical context! This was the first movie where a) a bank robbery goes wrong, b) a driver leaves behind the master plan, and c) two criminals exchange a matchbook. I lied, none of that is true -- but it is an awesome movie! Flash-forward to today, and you can draw a lot of parallels between the transfer of gold and Bitcoin: each involves multimodal transport, relativistic legality, and asymmetric faces. The moral of the story? Get along with yourself!
