We take look at some of the cinemas’ coolest bank robbery teams and duos, highlighting some spectacular individual performances and ambitious plans.
Cinema has seen some top-notch bank robbery films. It’s the genre where you either get away a winner or come to terms with the law. From the wild west, streets of Boston to the roads of Rio, we take a look at some fine Bank Robbery films with an ensemblement of a team that’s exciting.
To pull off a bank robbery so impressive, you need several things. A powerful car, weapons, experience, and a plan. Let’s delve into these films that show you how to do it and in some cases how not to.
Film selection will include classics such as The Town, Fast Five, Drive, Hell or High Water, and more. Although, the focus will be 21st-century releases, sorry Heat and Point Break.
Before we get going, take a look at the video below which will outline some of the best bank robbery films ever made to get you in the right headspace.
The Town
One of Ben Affleck’s best directed and acted films with a cast just as efficient and tough. However, this time around, Ben Afleck works alongside Hawleye, Jeremy Renner. The two pull of the heist towards the end in fine form and fashion. The slick outfits, the poker faces, it’s as cool as you like.
Although the heist begins to fall apart towards the end. At the start, it’s very impressive and slick. They are both a dynamic duo, with Renner easily being the more reckless of the two, little did he know that Ben would go on to fight Superman 6 years later and Renner would become Hawkeye. Talk about talent.
Fast Five
The plan towards the end of the film is beyond ambitious, in fact, it pretty much breaks every law of physics ever established, but the crew this time around has an arsenal of supplies.
Fast cars, experience, techno experts, yes I am talking about the bank heist scene. Usually, the scenario is a team breaking into a bank with a few weapons and face masks and taking the money, no big deal.
Fast Five crew on the other hand thought it would be a good idea to actually attach the bank halt to their cars and drive it around the streets of Rio. The music by Brian Tyler makes this sequence stand the test of time, with its rhythmic drum beat coupled with the acoustics of Rio.
Although, the fast family are behind the whole plan, the dynamic duo this time is Dom and Brian, two legends of action cinema who get the bravery award and perhaps the no brains award as well.
Drive
I picked Drive because of the individual performance from Ryan Gosling, an expert behind the wheel who knows exactly what he is doing. Yes, you have to watch his temper but he arrives on time every time with a car that doesn’t draw too much attention to itself. A loyal driver who takes the time to map out his plan and executes with precision…most of the time.
Drive was a brilliant art house film with moments of blockbuster carnage and chaos, but it’s handled with more delicacy than Fast and Furious. If you need someone behind the wheel, you need the Driver. It’s that simple.
Hell or High Water
The two gunslingers of the wild west have left a legacy in the western genre, for not going down without a good fight. I’m talking about Chris Pine and Ben Foster in the excellent Hell or High Water. The two have great chemistry and stick to their plans towards the end and end up in a violent gun fight against a large team of fierce police.
The film itself is an epic. The story appears to comes across as a long lost story, filled with rich western legacy about the two forgotten men of the wild west, the mystery of the genre is given an adrenaline rush.
Baby Driver
The driver this around is Ansel Egort, who has the same expert abilities as Ryan Gosling in Drive, however, this time he’s driving in style. The music choice makes the character this unique driver who is quite literally one of a kind. He doesn’t say much but his intelligence speaks for itself, oh and the film is brilliant, with Edgar Wright delivering the good once again.
Inception
To pull off a plan this daring, you need a team of highly intelligent individuals. This time around, the focus is not on an individual or a duo, it’s a collective effort of everyone in the team knowing exactly what part they are responsible for in orchestrating one of the greatest heists in cinema’s history, packed with scale and emotion, the stakes have not been greater.
Only this time, the heist is a mind heist….I will let that sink in a bit.
What’s your favorite bank robbery film or scene?
Streaming
The Town is available on Netflix UK and Amazon Prime UK. Baby Driver is available on Netflix UK.
Author Bio
Sam is a content writer. He loves all elements connected with film and writes with passion, always. You can find him on Linkedin, where you will be able to read more articles. When he is not writing, you can find him practicing football.
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