Pick A Winner
The Cliché: Some heist movies allow whole gangs to be successful - they're the heists that go right.
But when heists go wrong, there can only be one true victor. Whether it's Keyser Soze slinking off into the daylight, or Al Pacino finally getting to hold hands with Robert De Niro, someone always ends the movie smiling.
If you want to make a heist movie, you need to choose who's going to be the ultimate victor. Because it's your movie, why not make it you?
Appears In: Heat (1995)
How To Recreate It: Remember the handsome chap you seduced skydiving? Take him to an abandoned traintrack, under the pretence of 'sharing some money.'
When you get there, break up with him, telling him you're going on a surfing holiday.
When he breaks down in tears and slumps to the ground, gently take his hand in yours, and ask him if he can lend you a tenner. He will, to try and win you back. Pop in it your back pocket. You held a successful heist!
Any heist clichés missing from our list? Any thoughts on how to recreate them? Let us know.
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sleepwalker
Aug 26th 2009, 17:11
youve done some marvelous features on here just recently but this one was a little thin. how is Aliens a heist movie?
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torsloke
Aug 28th 2009, 18:35
Aliens is totally a heist movie in the same way that Treasure of the Sierra Madre is a heist movie. Team of experts gathered together to go after a valuable object, object ends up being more than any of them bargained for, people pay the cost for their greed. Just substitute alien xenomorph, highly valuable for its military applications for gold and bingo! Go back and read the article and see if Aliens doesn't match up point for point with the heist recipe.
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