For this first occurrence of a regular feature let’s look at the best movie scenes involving heists. I’ve picked my top six, please take a look then add your comments and suggestions below. So, please help me in staking out the internet and stealing the crown jewels of robbery and heist clips.
Financial depression is often the forbearer of crime. In the 1930’s it created a new breed of criminal, forced by greed or necessity to grab what they could from the monolithic banking corporations. In this modern recession the tables are reversed and the bankers have turned out our pockets. Both deeds are morally questionable but when it comes to excitement and romance the robbers win hands down. Fred Goodwin finding an extra few million in his pay packet cannot compare to the panache of a carefully planned and executed jewel heist. Will the Shred ever be immortalised on screen like the great thieves of the past, Bonnie & Clyde, John Dillinger? I doubt it very much and certainly hope not.