Tag: Heists

• The Hot Rock (1972)

  September 27, 2019

  1970s, Action, Comedy

  With Robert Redford announcing his retirement after The Old Man And The Gun, hopefully another earlier film where he played a bank robber will get new attention. I remember seeing the ending to The Hot Rock (1972) and loved Redford’s walk to the jazzy score by Quincy Jones. Finally sat down and watched the whole… Read.

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  Set It Off (1996)

  September 9, 2019

  1990s, Action, Crime, Feminist, Los Angeles

  Going through a run of watching classic heist movies and figured it was time to Set It Off (1996). Following a quartet of friends in Los Angeles – all working as janitors with little income and different problems – they decide to rob banks to get out of their collective situation. What surprised me a… Read.