This is reportedly based on the 2015 Hatton Garden safe deposit burglary which took place over the long Easter weekend. A group of old time criminals are gathered by Brian Reader (Michael Caine). His son Basil (Charlie Cox) works a straight job as a fibre optics technician who comes to him with an idea to rob safe deposit boxes in the diamond district. He gathers a crew of old timers, Terry Perkins (Jim Broadbent), John Kenny Collins (Tom Courtenay), Carl Wood (Paul Whitehouse), Danny Jones (Ray Winstone), and Billy "The Fish" Lincoln (Michael Gambon).
I love these old geezers and I generally love caper movies. This is not an elaborate scheme but I do love the simplicity. There are issues with this crew. They talk way too loud, way too publicly, and way too carelessly about their criminal exploits. It's a deliberate choice by the movie and it could work with some reasonable changes. I like that the cops are nameless and voiceless as they track down and investigate the robbery. I would have made all those scenes into a montage after the crew is arrested. That way most of the movie would make it seem like they are escaping with the loot. Only afterwards would their capture be revealed to be inevitable. I also like the ten seconds of old movies where the younger versions of the old geezers look like thugs. Here's the thing. I laughed when Jim Broadbent gets tough. It's so against his type that it's hilarious and I love it. There are issues and I would definitely make other editing choices. Overall, I love these old dudes.
I love these old geezers and I generally love caper movies. This is not an elaborate scheme but I do love the simplicity. There are issues with this crew. They talk way too loud, way too publicly, and way too carelessly about their criminal exploits. It's a deliberate choice by the movie and it could work with some reasonable changes. I like that the cops are nameless and voiceless as they track down and investigate the robbery. I would have made all those scenes into a montage after the crew is arrested. That way most of the movie would make it seem like they are escaping with the loot. Only afterwards would their capture be revealed to be inevitable. I also like the ten seconds of old movies where the younger versions of the old geezers look like thugs. Here's the thing. I laughed when Jim Broadbent gets tough. It's so against his type that it's hilarious and I love it. There are issues and I would definitely make other editing choices. Overall, I love these old dudes.