Crime movies are always exciting.
Stealing and robbery, as common elements in crime genre films, are often studied by various crime genre films and how to make new ideas.
Theft and robbery crime films introduced in China in recent years, such as "Extreme Car Thief" and "Shoot in the Sky", have achieved fairly good box office results. The reason is that the director will try his best to arrange creative theft. (or robbery) crime plot so that the audience can feel the thrill.
Therefore, generally speaking, the protagonists in crime films are very powerful "big men". They either have superb criminal skills, such as highly skilled drivers, hackers, thieves, etc., or they have rich criminal experience. Reconnaissance, evading police pursuit, etc.
Are there any crime movies whose protagonists are so stupid that they explode? There are definitely some, usually in movies whose main genre is comedy with crime elements.
But such films are generally fictional, and the "stupidity" in the criminal process is also served for comedic effect.
So today I will show you a movie about Amway. This movie made the stupidest robbery in American history, and this robbery is real . This movie is newly released in North America on June 20 this year. "American Animals" .
The story of "American Animals" is based on a true story that stemmed from a library robbery at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, in 2004.
The beginning of the film is directly typed with subtitles: This film is not based on real events, because this film is real events!
Spencer was an American college student who loved painting.
During a school-organized visit, Spencer saw the first printing edition of the Atlas of the Birds of the Americas and Darwin's On the Origin of Species in the library of the University of Transylvania.
The two books are priceless, conservatively estimated to be worth $12 million. From this time on, Spencer began to be greedy, and pulled his friend Warren into the group hoping to commit crimes together.
Warren is a sports student. He belongs to the type who likes petty theft. He is obviously not a gangster in society, but he prefers to regard himself as a "social person".
So Spencer and Warren began their robbery plan.
How do they do it?
First, Warren googled "how to plan a robbery together" on the school computer directly in the school computer room. Yes, that's it.
This wave of operations was okay, and then Warren thought that he also needed the architectural drawings of the library. Unexpectedly, Spencer told Warren that it is impossible to get the architectural drawing of the library, and it is impossible in this life. Brother just draw one and it will be finished.
Then they really drew the architectural map and the design route map......
At this time, they thought of the need to find a buyer to ship. Through special channels, the two found a buyer in the Netherlands. They would not ask the source of the goods, but they needed an authentic appraisal from an authoritative auction house .
Warren felt that there were not enough people to successfully implement the plan, so he brought in his friend Eric .
Eric is an accounting student, and belongs to the kind of well-behaved student. Normally, he would not agree to join the team, but he cherished his friendship with Warren too much, so he eventually joined the Warren team.
Eric majored in accounting, so his ability to think logically and plan is relatively strong, which is why Warren pulled him in.
As soon as Eric arrived on the team, he discovered various problems in their plan and redrawn a new plan, suggesting that a driver was needed to drive them away .
At this time, they brought in Chas again . Chas is the kind of very capable person who opened his first business at the age of twelve and bought his first property at the age of sixteen. . But even so Chas couldn't resist the temptation of money to join their team.
In this way, the division of labor among the four is clear, Spencer is responsible for guarding, Warren is responsible for stunning Aunt Librarian, Eric is responsible for carrying books with Warren, and Chas is responsible for driving away.
On the day they were ready to rob, the four of them all painted makeup, disguised themselves as old men and started committing crimes.
However, they were so well prepared that they encountered an accident. Originally, there should be only one administrator aunt in the collection room, but four people appeared that day. There was no way Warren could only cancel the plan and take them away in a panic.
Warren, whose plan failed, finally decided to continue the plan the next day. This time, he did not wear makeup and went directly. (So what's the point of you doing so well on your first day)
On the day of the incident, according to the plan, Warren took care of the administrator's aunt first. Originally, Warren's mental idea was to use a stun gun to stun the administrator directly. As a result, Warren hit the administrator's arm with the stun gun because of the tension. The effect... No way, Warren had to use tape to seal the administrator's limbs and mouth.
Afterwards, Warren and Eric carried the book together. The plan was to take the elevator to the underground vault and escape. As a result, the underground vault was dark, and there was no door to be seen.
In desperation, they had to go back to the first floor to escape from the main entrance. The whereabouts of Warren and Eric who came to the first floor must have been exposed directly. In addition, the book was too heavy, and the two being chased even threw the book away. ran away......
After successfully fleeing the scene, they scolded and blamed each other in Chas's car. Fortunately, Eric successfully brought out the lighter "Origin of Species".
The four came to an auction house in New York, hoping to authenticate the authenticity of "Origin of Species" and evaluate the price. The staff estimated that they saw the clue, and they tricked them to leave their contact information and wait for the boss to come back before they can evaluate the price.
Spencer actually believed it and left his private phone number and went back to wait for news... (This is waiting to be caught)
Finally, the police came to the door, and the four were arrested and sentenced to 7 years in prison.
The biggest difference between this film and other films based on true events is that this film uses a combination of drama and documentary to show the whole picture of the whole event.
The interview content of the parties is interspersed in the middle of the actors' normal performances, which means that the movie restores the pictures at the time while the parties are dictating the incident. According to the different descriptions of different parties, the pictures narrated in the film will also be different.
This method can make the absurdity of the movie stronger, and can always remind the audience that the movie pictures you see are actually the contents of the real events.
Spencer and Warren are both college students. One is good at drawing and the other is good at sports. Why not study hard in school and have a wrong idea of crime?
In fact, a large part of the reason is that they can't find the meaning of life in college. Spencer and Warren always feel that they are different from others, that they are special, so they are eager to do a "big thing". Prove the worth and meaning of your existence.
But the fact is that there is a bottom line for doing anything. The bottom line is that you can't violate the law or hurt others. Once you go beyond this bottom line, you will be in jail for seven years.
Speaking of the movie itself, the movie has done a very good job of restoring events and controlling the rhythm. Whether it is the creation of the tension between the four of them in the process of crime, or the creation of a sense of humor as layman "criminals", they all reflect the director's good skills.
If you are tired of watching Hollywood commercial action crime blockbusters, this real crime movie can bring you a completely different experience.
It was first published on the Wechat public account of the film, please do not reprint without authorization.
By: The Horse That Eats Wheat
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