It is time for me to relax and unwind with a movie, and I decided to do that with Steal on Prime Video. I got the notification when the movie was made available on Prime, but I was quite occupied to watch it at that moment, so I just added it to my list. Now I am free, so I checked it out. It is a series, but I do not know if it is limited or not. If I were to take a guess, I would say it is limited because of how it ended. It is one of those movies that creeps up on you in a way you would not expect.
It is like when I watched Behind Her Eyes, a couple of years back, I got pissed by some action that occured but I was already in so deep that I needed a logical explanation of what I was watching, so this kept me going with the movie. Well, the same thing repeated itself with Steal. There were a couple of annoying actions from the lead character, Sophie Turner, but I was in too deep to want to know how things would turn out for her at the end of the movie.
At first glance and the little description of the movie, I went in with the mindset that this was another heist movie, but it was entirely different from what I was expecting. It was not like Money Heist or the likes; it was about finance workers working in a hedge fund for pensions. What they do is execute trades, investment and other kinds of money making scheme with their fund made up of money from pensioners. Then the heist came in with a steal of 4 billion pounds. Such a huge amount, which means obviously they cannot go out with the cash in hand. It is even impossible to get 4 billion pounds in cash from a hedge fund. What the robbers did was to come in dressed like the regular finance workers, except their loaded weapons were in their breifcase which left me wondering how they passed security. That is where the inside man plays a role.
They move the cash through a series of transfers to offshore accounts in broken-down denominations, which they could achieve with a gun pointed at the staff, with the right authority to authorize the transfer. Well, with that kind of amount, it was only a matter of time before the cops got involved, and it became big news on TV.
The first point of annoyance for me was from Sophie Turner's co-worker, played by Archie Madekwe. Tell me why you are getting second thoughts when you already committed the crime. Oops, that is some spoiler, not to worry, there is still a whole lot more that will happen. As if this was not enough, he had to bring Sophie Turner in, who he claims is his mate, so she can be the fall guy when it all goes down. You have made up your mind to commit a crime; you should have made up your mind to deal with the consequences. It is never as easy or simple as they claim, it becomes complicated when too many variables are involved espcially humans.
As for Sophie Turner, she got me pissed when she got documented to start a new life with a cold wallet with 5 million pounds, and you are telling me you went back to your apartment to pick up your luggage, where she was met by the bad guys. What was the purpose of the luggage? You already had all you needed: a new passport, a good amount of money, and a clean slate from the MI5 to start a new life anywhere, and you went back for your clothes. What was the money for?
Well, that was it for me. Without that, it was an interesting movie to watch, and I enjoyed every bit of the twist, especially at the end. Go check it out, guys. It is cool.
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