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Only if it's a proper heist. I don't need more guys just walking in and taking something like they're shoplifting a candy bar. I need guys meticulously planning and executing a theft that dodges the very latest in alarm and anti-theft technology.


Bonus points for any rappeling and using tools that cut circular holes in glass.


"How to steal a million" - a boomerang rather than to screwdriver..


Agreed. If no one uses gymnastics to traverse a laser filled room it's actually pretty lame.


See "The Hot Rock".


Topkapi (1964)


Taking the discussion seriously, a case study of a well-planned heist that culminated in someone walking in at the right time and just taking the thing could actually be pretty interesting.


Right, all of these amateurs wanting to spend all this money on special glass cutting tools, rappelling equipment, bypassing alarms, or even some Ocean's 11 EMP ridiculousness when you just need a ~$10 tool and a big pair of brass ones to pull it off.




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