(2025) Wildcat - A Disappointing Action Thriller Movie with Only the Action Sequence Worth Watching

Last week, this action thriller was released in Indonesia together with other movies that I already set my eyes on. It was not something that I was too interested in, but as I got spare time yesterday, I decided to give it a try by myself since I was not sure my wife would enjoy it. Anyway the movie played in quite a lot of cinemas in Jakarta, including the one just walking distance from my home. OK, I'll just get on with it then.

Brief Story Line

Ada (Kate Beckinsale - Jolt, Underworld movies etc) was a former Special Forces agent who had retired and decided to lead normal life with her only daughter Charlotte (Isabelle Moxley) while taking care of her depressed brother Edward (Rasmus Hardiker - Krypton TV series, Cockneys vs. Zombies etc). However, when Charlotte was kidnapped by London's strongest gangsters led by Frasier Mahoney (Charles Dance - The Day of the Jackal TV series, Godzilla II: King of the Monsters etc), Ada had no choice but to work together with her old friends from the forces, Roman (Lewis Tan - Mortal Kombat 2021 version, Shadow and Bones season 2 etc) and Curtis (Bailey Patrick - London Kills TV series etc) to perform a heist job on Frasier's competitor Christina Vine (Alice Krige - Star Trek: First Contact, The Rig season 2 etc).

(Mini Series) STEAL - An Unconventional but Interesting Heist Thriller Series

I was not aware the existence of this series till it was made available in Prime Video three days ago. Due to its intriguing premise, I immediately gave it a try on that same day and finished it the following day. OK then, I'll just head on with the series.

Brief Story Line

Zara Dunne (Sophie Turner - Do Revenge, Game of Thrones TV series etc) was working at a large investment firm in London that managed numerous accounts from various sources including pension fund. One day a group of people who used nicknames such as London (Jonathan Slinger - A Knight's Tale, Paradox etc), Sniper (Andrew Howard - The Outpost TV series, Taken 3 etc) and several others came to Zara's office and threaten the employees at gun point. They instructed Zara and her colleague Luke (Archie Madekwe - Gran Turismo, Midsommar etc) to transfer large cash out from their firm and left the office building before the police arrived. 

Jingle Bell Heist - Lack the Charm for A Supposedly Christmas Themed Rom-Com Movie, Though At Least the Heist was Interesting Enough

I was kind of looking forward to this movie when I saw it in the Coming Soon section of Netflix. But when it was released, I did not realized as I was finishing another series and ended up only watching it yesterday. OK then, I'll dive straight into it now.

Brief Story Line

Sophia (Olivia Holt - Totally Killer, Cruel Summer TV series etc) was working as staff for the large Sterling department store in London owned by Maxwell Sterling (Peter Serafinowicz - How to Train Your Dragon live version, John Wick: Chapter 2 etc) and his wife Cynthia (Lucy Punch - A Series of Unfortunate Events TV series, Hot Fuzz etc), though secretly she sometimes would steal from the store. Meanwhile Nick O'Connor (Connor Swindells - Sex Education TV series, William Tell etc) was working in a small IT shop but he had access to the security system of Sterling stores.

Now You See Me: Now You Don't - An Enjoyable Sequel to the Series with Interesting Addition of New Generation of Magicians

Today I finally got the chance to start seeing new movies in the cinema after our holiday. My wife and I decided to have another movie marathon and this was our first option due to the schedule in the cinema very near to our home. All right then, let us get on with it.

Brief Story Line

Ten years after the events of Now You See Me 2, the original four Horsemen that consisted of Atlas (Jesse Eisenberg - Zombieland: Double Tap, The Social Network etc), Merritt (Woody Harrelson - The Man from Toronto, Venom: Let There be Carnage etc), Jack (Dave Franco - Nerve, Neighbors etc) and Henley (Isla Fisher -Back to the Outback, Keeping Up with the Joneses etc) were reunited after they got invitation by The Eye. They were joined by three brilliant young magicians, the impressionist Bosco (Dominic Sessa - The Holdovers etc), the pickpocket June (Ariana Greenblatt - Fear Street: Prom Queen, 65 etc) and the brain behind the scene Charlie (Justice Smith - Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Detective Pikachu etc). They were supposed to work together on a heist against owner of large diamond company, Veronika Vanderberg (Rosamund Pike - I Care A Lot, Jack Reacher etc).

(2025) Play Dirty - A Not too Sophisticated Heist Movie with Pretty Entertaining Action Based on Character from Best Selling Novels

Last Wednesday, this movie was released on Prime Video but as I just came back from holiday and busy with other activities (including catching up ongoing series), I only got the chance to watch it last night. It was something that intrigued me due to its premise. OK without further ado, here's more on the movie.

Brief Story Line

Parker (Mark Wahlberg - Flight Risk, The Family Plan etc) was a professional robber who had gain fame for doing many successful heist jobs. After finishing the latest job, Parker somehow was drawn by his former getaway driver Zen (Rosa Salazar - Brand New Cherry Flavor TV series, Birdbox etc) into an even larger score involving major New York crime syndicate called The Outfit led by Lozini (Tony Shalhoub - Monk TV series, Cars trilogy etc) and his right hand man Kincaid (Nat Wolff - Body Cam, The Stand mini series etc).

Eenie Meanie - Could Have Been Better Heist Thriller Movie

After some time focusing more on other streaming services, I started browsing Disney+ a couple of days ago and found this movie which was originally released on Hulu. Apparently it had been made available since 22 August so I missed it for more than a week. Although the synopsis was too brief, the thriller genre mentioned on Disney+ was what made me intrigued. Without further ado, here's more on the film.

Brief Story Line

Edie (Samara Weaving - Scream VI, Snake Eyes: G. I. Joe Origins etc) used to have a dark past since her teenaged years but managed to turn her life around by returning to college and working in a bank. However when her ex boyfriend John (Karl Glusman - Civil War, The Bikeriders etc) made a fatal mistake that hurt the business of major criminal Nico (Andy Garcia - Expendables 4, Ghostbusters 2016 remake etc), Edie had no choice but to fulfill his demand of working on a  heist.

Den of Thieves 2: Pantera - Sequel to the 2018 Heist Action Movie that is Better Appreciated by Critics though Slightly Less Entertaining for Action Fans

When I saw the poster to this movie in the cinemas, I was quite surprised as I did not think the original was such a big hit that warrant a sequel. Plus we saw it quite long time ago (back in 2018) that my wife and I have completely forgotten the story. Anyway, we were still interested in seeing it in the theaters so we went ahead and do it yesterday. All right, I'll get on with it then.

Brief Story Line

After the events of the first movie, Big Nick (Gerard Butler - Kandahar, Last Seen Alive etc) found that the mastermind of the previous heist on Federal Reserves Bank, Donnie (O'Shea Jackson Jr. - Long Shot, Cocaine Bear etc) was planning another hit in Europe. After some brief investigation, Nick managed to find Donnie in Nice, France getting ready for a diamond heist.

(TV SERIES) Berlin - A Light Romance Series with Heist as Background in the Money Heist Universe

Despite already released on Netflix since late last year, this series was still quite popular. I was pretty late in watching this one due to trying to catch up with other series & movies earlier. But on Saturday, I gave this a try and finished it during the whole weekend. Now I will get on with the series.

Brief Story Line

Set years before the events of the original series, Andres de Fonolossa aka Berlin (Pedro Alonso - Gran Hotel TV series etc) was planning a heist on jewels to be auctioned worth around Euro 44 million. He enlisted the help from his old friend Damian (Tristán Ulloa - Warrior Nun TV series etc) along with Keila the hacker (Michelle Jenner - Los hombres de Paco TV series etc), Berlin's trusted guy Roi (Julio Peña Fernández - Through My Window etc), Bruce (Joel Sanchez) and newcomer Cameron (Begoña Vargaz - Welcome to Eden TV series etc).

(2024) Lift - A Heist Movie that is not of the Highest Quality but Still Pretty Enjoyable

I was kind of looking forward to this latest movie in Netflix which was released yesterday. Being fan of heist genre, obviously I was intrigued with the film and eager to watch it as early as I could. So I watched it last night after returning home from work. All right, I'll just head to it then.

Brief Story Line

Cyrus (Kevin Hart - Me Time, Jumanji: The Next Level etc) was the leader of a heist team that consisted of the pilot Camila (Úrsula Corberó - Snake Eyes: G. I. Joe Origins etc), the hacker Mi-Sun (singer Kim Yoon-ji), the safecracker Magnus (Billy Magnussen - No Time to Die, Tell Me a Story TV series etc), the engineer Luke (Viveik Kalra - Blinded by the Light etc) and Denton the disguise expert (Vincent D'Onofrio - Echo TV series, The Cell etc). Cyrus had been under the radar of Interpol art division agent Abby (Gugu Mbatha-Raw - Loki TV series, The Whole Truth  etc) and her boss Huxley (Sam Worthington - Avatar: The Way of Water, The Hunter's Prayer etc).

(MINI SERIES) Kaleidoscope - A Unique Heist Series Where Audience can Watch the Episodes in Different Orders

After released on Netflix for more than a week, I finally decided to give this mini series a try. Aside from the interesting plot, it also promised something unique that got me intrigued. Since it only had 8 episodes, I managed to finish it in 2 nights only. OK, I'll get more to it now.

Brief Story Line

Story focused on Leo Pap (Giancarlo Esposito - The Mandalorian TV series, Maze Runner: The Death Cure etc) who wanted to do a heist job on some bearers bond worth USD 7 billion kept in the vault of security company SLS led by Roger Salas (Rufus Sewell - The Man in the High Castle TV series, Old etc). Leo enlisted the help of several people including the smuggler Stan (Peter Mark Kendall - Strange Angel TV series etc), the chemist Judy (Rosaline Elbay) with her husband the safe cracker Bob (Jai Courtney - The Terminal List TV series, Suicide Squad etc), the driver RJ (Jordan Mendoza) and the lawyer Ava Mercer (Paz Vega - Rambo: Last Wish, Acts of Vengeance etc).

Mencuri Raden Saleh - A Review by Yennymakanmulu

With the hype surrounding this latest Indonesian movie to hit the theater, my wife and I were pretty enthusiastic and wanted to see it during the weekend. But as luck would have it, one of her friends could not make it to the cinema on its release date yesterday, and she passed the tickets to her. So both of us were fortunate enough to see it last night. Now my wife has written another wonderful post about the movie in Indonesian, and as usual, I will share it in here.

[MOVIE] MENCURI RADEN SALEH

Udah lama film Mencuri Raden Saleh dipromosikan di mana2. Tapi gw gak gitu paham cerita apaan. Emang kan kebiasaan gw itu kalo ada film kaga mo tau ttg apa. Gk mo liat sinopsis kalo bisa hehehe. Dan spt biasa gw selalu nonton itu weekend, krn emang lebih suka aja. So, begitu advanced ticket dijual, ya gw kaga ikutan war lah. Tau2 rejeki banget kemaren persis, tgl 24 Agustus 2022, ada yg nawarin tiket nonton gratis di CGV fX Sudirman utk tgl 25 Agustus 2022, di jam 18:10. Wah, rejeki cicik soleha. Oiya akhirnya gw tau juga ini film ttg apa, karena udah baca di twitter. Jadi film yg disutradarai oleh Angga Dwimas Sasongko ini bertema heist. Widih, ciamik nih kayanya.

Way Down - A Pretty Interesting Movie of Bank Heist During Soccer World Cup

Somehow I missed out on this movie that was released few days ago and only realized it on Friday. Yesterday though my wife and I finally got the chance to see this one. It only played in one cinema chain but it happened to be shown in one of the theater not far from our home. OK, let's get it on.

Brief Story Line

Thom (Freddie Highmore - The Good Doctor TV series, The Spiderwick Chronicles etc) was a genius engineer who was doubtful about his future and was recruited to join a group of people led by Walter, a wealthy owner of salvaging company. Walter (Liam Cunningham - 24 Hours to Live etc).  Walter was planning to do a heist on Bank of Spain during the soccer World Cup of 2010.

(TV SERIES) Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area (1st Part) - A Nearly Identical Remake of the Incredible Spanish Heist Series

After experiencing myself the original Money Heist series on Netflix, obviously I was intrigued and excited at the prospect of seeing this South Korean version. So when the series was finally released last Friday, I immediately started watching it. It took me a while to finish the first part as I was enjoying my weekend holiday, but I managed to finish it yesterday.

Brief Story Line

Set in the near future, a group of criminals and ex military personnel join together to do a heist on the Korean Mint where money is printed. The group was led by the person nicknamed Professor (Yoo Ji-tae - Healer TV series, The Swindlers etc) with 8 other people using their own nicknames based on cities of the world. They consisted of the ruthless Berlin (Park Hae-soo - Squid Game TV series, By Quantum Physics: A Nightlife Venture etc), the former North Korean soldier Tokyo (Jeon Jong-seo - The Call, Burning etc), the drilling expert Moscow (Lee Won-jong - My Boss is a Million Youtuber TV series etc) and his son Denver (Kim Ji-hoon - Rich Family's Son TV series etc), the young hacker Rio (Lee Hyun-woo - To the Beautiful You TV series etc), the con artist Nairobi (Jang Yoon-ju - Three Sisters etc) and the gangster brothers Oslo (Lee Kyu-ho) & Helsinki (Kim Ji-hun).

Red Notice - A Highly Entertaining Action Comedy Movie

When I heard there was a movie starring three popular major Hollywood stars, I was truly enthusiastic about it. So it's definitely a no brainer for me and my wife to be excited and wanting to watch immediately once it was released yesterday. Unfortunately due to heavy rain and difficulty to get a ride home, we were unable to see it last night. We ended up watching this film on Saturday morning instead. OK without further ado, let's get right on it.

Brief Story Line

Special agent John Hartley (Dwayne Johnson - Jumanji: The Next Level, Moana etc) was a profiler for the FBI who was working together with Interpol agent Urvashi Das (Ritu Arya - The Umbrella Academy TV series season 2 etc). They were trying to capture an international art thief, Nolan Booth (Ryan Reynolds - Free Guy, Detective Pikachu etc) who was trying to steal an ancient treasure.

Army of Thieves - Fun & Interesting Heist Movie with Lighter Tone Set in the Army of the Dead Universe

Yesterday this new movie was released on Netflix. I have known about this one for several weeks now, which is a prequel to that interesting film Army of the Dead few months ago. It definitely was intriguing since the focus was one of the characters who I have grown attached to. So once I got the chance last night, I immediately start watching it. OK, let's get on with it.

Brief Story Line

Some time before the events of that earlier movie, Dieter who was still going by his old name Sebastian (Matthias Schweighöfer) was working as a bank teller and feeling bored with his life. That was until he met Gwen (Nathalie Emmanuel - The Fate of the Furious, Four Weddings and a Funeral miniseries etc) who noticed Sebastian's ability to crack safe.

Wrath of Man - Another Interesting Guy Ritchie's Directed Movie in Collaboration with Jason Statham

This movie played in Indonesian cinemas few months back when my wife and I were not ready to go to see movies in theater yet. So when I saw that it was going to be released on Catchplay+ in October, I was really looking forward to it, and even my wife wanted to see this together with me since she is a major fan of Jason Statham. Even though it was not a brand new film, I still want to write about it. OK let's dive in now.

Brief Story Line

Hill/H (Jason Statham - The Meg, Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw etc) just joined the Fortico security and worked as part of the armored truck team under his supervisor Bullet (Holt McCallany - Monster Truck, Mindhunter TV series etc). His presence was not really welcomed by his fellow colleagues in particular "Boy Sweat" Dave (Josh Hartnett - Lucky Number Slevin, Penny Dreadful TV series etc). But when H managed to stop a robbery, the others started to respect them.

(2021) Army of the Dead - A Zombie Heist Movie from Stylish Director Zack Snyder

After seeing the teaser trailer of this movie few times before it's official release on Netflix last night, I was already excited about it. Obviously it was a high priority for me and I stopped watching my ongoing series just to see this one. OK, without further ado, here's more about the film.

Brief Story Line

When an incident occurred just outside Las Vegas which made most of its population became undead/zombies, the US government decided to quarantine the city. A Casino owner named Bly Tanaka (Hiroyuki Sanada - Mortal Kombat, The Last Samurai etc) recruited Scott Ward (Dave Bautista - Stuber, My Spy etc) to rob the vault located in the hotel in Vegas before the president nuke the city in 3 days time.

(TV SERIES) Lupin Part One - A Highly Recommended Series based on Popular French Character, Arsène Lupin the Gentleman Thief

Actually I have watched the first part of this series few days ago and at first I wanted to reserve my opinion until the second part is released mid of this year. But then again, I could not hold myself from writing as I have quite strong opinion about the series. Anyway, why don't I just go straight to it.

Brief Story Line

Assane Diop (Omar Sy - Inferno, The Call of the Wild etc) was a professional thief who had his eyes on a long lost necklace belonging to Hubert Pellegrini (Hervé Pierre) which was being auctioned and shown by Hubert's daughter Juliette (Clotilde Hesme). Apparently there was a reason for Assane to aim for that specific necklace. He himself was inspired by the character of gentleman thief Arsène Lupin from the book given by Assane's late father Babakar Diop (Fargass Assandé). 

(2021) Locked Down - A Disappointing Low-Key Heist Movie Focusing More on the Dramatic Impact on Covid-19 Pandemic

While checking new movies on HBO Go, I was surprised to see there was this film which did not seem familiar and apparently was quite brand new. I was quite intrigued by the premise and since two well known stars were the lead cast, I immediately decided to watch it yesterday. Well let's go into it now.

Brief Story Line

After living together for 10 years, Linda (Anne Hathaway - The Hustle, Colossal etc) and her boyfriend Paxton (Chiwetel Ejiofor - The Old Guard, The Lion King live version etc) were having strained relationship, which was worsened due to Covid-19 lockdown in London. While Linda was still working as CEO for a famous fashion brand, Paxton could only work as delivery car driver because of his criminal past. So when Paxton's boss Malcolm (Ben Kingsley - The Jungle Book live version, House of Sand and Fog etc) gave him a risky delivery job which required someone without criminal activity background, Paxton still accepted it.

Ocean's 8: A Cool Enough Heist Movie

I read somewhere some time ago about a spin-off of the famous Ocean's trilogy movie with all female cast. But then I completely forgotten about it, until few weeks ago, the movie started to get the promotion via the social media of Indonesian cinema chains. Funnily enough, from the past few movies I saw in theaters, there was never any time that the trailer to this movie was shown. So I did not have any idea what the story or plot would be. Which probably could be a good thing for a heist movie such as this. Well we should get on with the movie now.

Brief Story Line

Debbie Ocean (Sandra Bullock - Speed, Miss Congeniality etc) was just released from prison after a con that involved her old boyfriend Claude Becker (Richard Armitage - The Hobbit trilogy, Hannibal TV series etc) gone wrong. During her time in jail, she thought of a heist plan which she believed would have made her infamous brother Danny Ocean proud. In order to do her plan, she recruited her old partner Lou (Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth, The Aviator etc) who she thought would be able to assist in finding the right persons to do the heist.