Hello there, and welcome to Thursday Movie Picks, a weekly series hosted by Wandering Through the Shelves where you share three movies to fit the theme of the week each Thursday.
This week’s topic is heist, and I’m happy because I love, absolutely love heist films, especially when the sting is pulled off beautifully, and the story is full of twists, which is exactly what happens in my three picks for this week.
The Sting (1972)
Seeking revenge for his murdered partner, a young con man teams up with a master of the big con to win a fortune from a mob boss. The story unfolds with several twists and ends wonderfully; the film is funny, engaging, features some great acting from Paul Newman and Robert Redford, and is one of the greatest heist films of all the times.
Jackie Brown (1997)
44 year old stewardess Jackie Brown gets caught with a gun dealer’s money, she is proposed a deal by the ATF to help them arrest the dealer in exchange of her freedom. She fears for her life, and teams up with bond businessperson Max Cherry to steal half a million dollar from said gun dealer. I am quite ashamed of myself because I’ve seen this film only last Saturday, but it’s a hell of a movie from Tarantino. Interesting dialogue and characters, brilliant storytelling, and weirdly it's not a graphic crime story. And there are Pam Grier and Samuel L. Jackson.
Ocean’s Eleven (2001)
Daniel Ocean combines an eleven-member team to rob three Las Vegas casinos, all owned by arrogant and ruthless Terry Benedict, Ocean’s arch nemesis. First of an average trilogy, this film is exciting, fast-paced and highly entertaining comedy heist. We got ironic dialogue, some great characters and all-star cast that does not disappoint.
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