The Hurricane Heist 2018

The storm of the century... the heist of a lifetime.

5.665 / 10   968 vote(s)
PG-13
Action Crime Thriller

Thieves attempt a massive heist against the U.S. Treasury as a Category 5 hurricane approaches one of its Mint facilities.

Homepage https://www.lionsgate.com/movies/the-hurricane-heist
Release Date 2018-02-28
Runtime 1h 43m
Directors Rob Cohen, Shelly Johnson, Kalin Stoyanov, Manishkumar Makhija, Christopher Michael Coupe, Ramakrishna Yerramsetty
Producers Karen Elise Baldwin, Moshe Diamant, William J. Immerman, Christopher Milburn, Danny Roth, Michael Tadross Jr., Damiano Tucci, Asha Joseph, Graeme Puttock, Marina Bespalov, Sergey Bespalov, Tamara Birkemoe, Mark Borde, Alastair Burlingham, Chris Charalambous, Chris Conover, Carlos Davis, Mark DeVitre, Charlie Dombek, Anthony Fingleton, Carolyn Folks, Gregory Gavanski, Peter Hampden, Phil Hunt, Jennifer Lucas, Norman Merry, Compton Ross, Jenna Sanz-Agero, Nick Ruta, Sufo Evtimov, Gabriel Georgiev, Mark Damon, Byron Allen
Writers Carlos Davis, Anthony Fingleton, Jeff Dixon, Scott Windhauser

Unlikely to win any awards but a decent, if run-of-the mill, heist plot. Clever use of weather at times. Sometimes over-the-top.

portnoyz

Mostly poor.

'The Hurricane Heist' is an OK disaster film but is majorly let down by the up and down special effects and largely plain acting. I did enjoy the ending, which is very 'The Fast and the Furious'-esque - little surprise to learn that Rob Cohen directs both.

Cast-wise it's underwhelming. Maggie Grace (Casey) is the standout, it's cool to see her in something other than 'Taken'. Toby Kebbell (Will) is the best of the rest, though he and the others are pretty dull. Better onscreen talent needed.

The overall story is alright, even with its clunky twists. The effects, as noted, are lame for the majority but one or two scenes look decent. It could've been a lot worse, the third act certainly improves my feelings towards this film.

r96sk