The Original Movie: Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro) leads a gang of professional thieves on one last heist which will secure their futures, all while the police dragnet on their activities, led by Lieutenant Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino), begins to tighten up. The Ripoff: A gang of criminals and corrupt cops are blackmailed into performing an insane heist, plotting the murder of a rookie cop in order to serve as a distraction for their ambitious heist across town. The premises are similar though certainly not identical, but what makes Triple Nine sound so reminiscent of Heat is the massive ensemble cast and sprawling, city-wide nature of the plot. Also, a script review of the new film has compared it to scenes from Michael Mann's classic thriller, even while it accepts that it does eventually spin its own yarn.
Stay at home dad who spends as much time teaching his kids the merits of Martin Scorsese as possible (against the missus' wishes).
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