Way Down, aka, the Vault is a 2021 Spanish crime thriller about an audacious bank robbery committed while the nation is distracted by the World Cup Final.
Directed by Jaume Balagueró from a screenplay co-written by Rowan Athale, Michel Gaztambide, Borja Glez. Santaolalla, Andrés M. Koppel and Rafa Martínez. The cast include the famous Freddie Highmore (The Good Doctor, Bates Motel series), (((o(*゚▽゚*)o))) Famke Janssen (Primal; X-Men; Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters), Astrid Berges-Frisbey (Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides) and Liam Cunningham (Game of Thrones).
The story starts when an engineer (Freddie Highmore) learns of a mysterious, impenetrable fortress hidden under The Bank of Spain, he joins a crew of master thieves who plan to steal the legendary lost treasure locked inside while the whole country is distracted by Spain’s World Cup Final. With thousands of soccer fans cheering in the streets, and security forces closing in, the crew have just minutes to pull off the score of a lifetime…
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“Balagueró’s no-nonsense approach to the storytelling may turn some off, but it’s this incredible attention to detail that makes The Vault so engaging: we always know where the characters are, what they’re trying to do, and what stakes are at hand. This leads to climactic heist sequences that genuinely pay off, despite one (obvious) Hollywood-style twist.” The Prague Reporter
“Way Down’s greatest achievement is underscoring just how difficult it is to successfully execute a heist movie, let alone knock off a bank in real life. What appears breezy, effortless and disposable on screen is often the hardest thing to achieve from behind the camera. The movie aims high and inevitably falls short…” South China Morning Post
PS 吐槽几句:海报PS的人都变形了╮(╯▽╰)╭Freddie 同学还是在白痴和天才comfortable zone 里,但是胡子拉碴太粗糙了。