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The Job
Genre: Caper/Heist/Action
Director: Guy Ritchie
Writer: Ann Morrow

Cast: Scott Eastwood, Margot Robbie, Ron Perlman, Jon Bernthal, Jack O'Connell, Sean Bean, Stephan James, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau


Plot: Scotty (Scott Eastwood) grew up in a nice and rich New York neighborhood, but he never stayed out of trouble. His frequent troubles with the law played a decisive factor in his father's hatred of him, never becoming the son he wanted him to become he said. One day, he decided to run away from home with his on/off girlfriend Angie (Margot Robbie). A couple of years later, ashamed of of what he did and willing to make peace with his father, he returned home to see his parents, only to learn their death. Scotty's parents didn't even mention their son in their testament, leaving their considerable fortune sleeping in a bank somewhere. Unable to overcome the loss of his parents he never saw for the past 10 years, he remained in New York for five years, working various jobs to survive, until a plan emerged in his head.

This is where it all starts, Scotty's evil plan to take back his parents' fortune from the bank. Legal stuff was never really his strong suit, but he thinks that it is worth it to ask for it. This is where he meets Albert Richardson (Ron Perlman), director of the bank. He refuses his claim at his parent's money, laughing at him in the process.  Scotty worked extensively on his plan and Richardson only added fuel to the fire. Scotty wants to rob the bank, but he doesn't know anyone who can help him. Over the years, he kept contact with Angie, even if they mutually agreed it was in their best interest to not go out together. He knew she was still a criminal and was reluctant to fall into this world after leaving it behind several years go.

However, Scotty's desire to see his parents' fortune again got the better of him and he decided to call her and she told they will meet soon, without giving him any further details of how they'll meet each other. He let it go and he went on with his life for a couple days, until he was kidnapped by a mysterious man and thrown into a van for a unknown location. He woke up moments later, only to see himself tied up to a chair, with the same man watching him. He didn't speak a word and had Freddy Krueger mask on his face. Angie finally decided to show up and ordered the man, she called him Daddy (Sean Bean), to untie Scotty and to stop with this non-sense. He followed her in a room and she presented him to her crew. There was The Wolf (Jon Bernthal), who looks like everyone cops nightmare, an unstoppable heartless machine ready to do whatever it takes to achieve his goal. There was Chip (Jack O'Connell), a young but highly efficient getaway driver who also excels with explosives. Finally, there was Daddy, who Scotty had the pleasure to meet earlier, who is the best there is in crowd control and at shooting at the cops. Angie said her gang was up for anything and he then told them his big plan to take back with he thinks is rightfully his.

Angie told him that he needed practice before the big day and sent him with The Wolf to rob a small store in the suburbs. Chip was the driver. They went in the shop and the Wolf did everything himself, like Scotty wasn't there, but he didn't mind, because he never wanted to steal from innocent people anyway. The Wolf, however wasn't happy about it. He shouted at him all the way back to the warehouse, even if they weren't caught and the police didn't even chase them. Once again, Angie came to Scotty's rescue.

It was the big day, Scotty couldn't believe, but he will probably a very rich by the end of the day. Their van stopped in an alley, behind the van. They told each other the plan, as t was conceived. Daddy will control the crowd, Chip will stay in the van to try to know when the police will arrive. The Wolf will go straight for the safe, carefully placing the explosives Chip got him. Angie will control the employees and empty the registers, while Scotty will go straight in Richardson's office, to show him who was the boss. They got out of the van and put on their mask. Scotty chose a Darth Vader mask, he always thought he was cool.

They entered the building and they shot rounds in the air. It was total chaos inside the bank. Wolf ran straight to the safe. Angie didn't have any trouble with the employees up front and was already filling a bag of cash. Daddy struggled at first to contain the crowd, but he was finally able to have complete authority on them. Scotty went straight into Richardson's office, threatening him with his assault rifle. He never felt more alive.

One thing they never thought about was the bathroom. They should have thought about it, because that's where Will May (Stephan James) was when he heard the gun shots. Will may look like an ordinary guy, but he's a former marine, kicked out for being too intense. He really thought about not calling the police and handling them himself, but he decided to call them anyway. He slowly got out of the bathroom, crawling. He hid behind a desk and took out his cell phone and looked at the whole room. He saw Daddy, who was unaware of Will's presence. Daddy wasn't looking at May's direction, a bad idea. May was on the verge of jumping on Daddy, but something distracted the armed man. It was Chip, telling them to get back to the van, because the police was coming. Daddy decided that it wasn't time for them to go yet and that he wanted to find whoever called the police to kill him first, then they will go. Daddy was carefully walking towards May. Will hid behind the desk and when the time was right, he knocked down Daddy, taking him by surprise, took his gun and killed him, from a single shot between his two eyeballs.

Angie, who heard the shot, called for Daddy, but he didn't answer. It's at this moment that she became really nervous and everything went south. She held her gun harder than ever and ordered everyone to come in lobby. Scotty left Richardson, the Wolf left the safe and Chip left the van, only Chip never came in the lobby. Chief officer James Connors (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) who was leading the charge for the police shot a bullet in his head after he got out of the van, but Angie and the Wolf didn't know about that. The police task force threw flash bangs inside the bank and entered the building. The small gang were able to get away, but the exit being way too crowded, they decided to retreat back in the office of Albert Richardson who had remained in it the whole time. They took him as an hostage and he showed them the secret passage to the underground parking. They took his car and their two bags full of money and tried to escape. They got out of the parking, the Wolf was driving. Scotty was in charge of guarding Richardson, while the Angie was out of the window, shooting at the policemen.

Will May, who remained inside the whole time, was arrested by the cops after they found him with a gun in his hands. Quickly realizing his mistake, Connors released him and May got out of the bank, determined to find the rest of the gang. All he had to do was to follow the police cars chasing a black Lincoln in the streets of New York, pretty easy stuff. The gang was driving around a couple of blocks, but always with the same pattern, taking out police barrages at the same time. He decided to get out of the circuit they were doing and to go in the suburbs. After a while, they reached an abandoned warehouse and they were forced to stop there, after he the Lincoln was all broken.

By the time they were at the warehouse, the lone wolf, Will May, was behind them and so was Connors. The gang entered the building and stayed inside, ready for one final assault, after which they planned to escape again. They decided to cover an entrance each, with Richardson staying in the car. Will May decided to enter the first, before Angie reached her spot. When she arrived, it was her who was taken hostage by the former marine. He then called the other members of the crew. Scotty got their first and froze when he saw Angie as an hostage. The Wolf got there afterwards and was ready to shoot, until Angie told her to wait. Before he was able to move, the cops came in, with Connors leading the charge. The Wolf panicked and started to unload in May's direction, killing him and Angie in the process. The Wolf and Scotty then ran into a room and closed the door. That's when Scotty realised the Wolf killed Angie. Scotty started to see red and angry he unloaded his gun on the Wolf, the guy who just killed the love of his life. Hearing this from the other side of the wall, Connors told Scotty to come out and no harm will be done to him. Desperate and crying, Scotty inserted the canon of his rifle in his mouth and pulled the trigger, blowing his head up in the process.