We got the chance to check out the new documentary/re-enactment series Heist coming to Netflix in a couple of days. First and foremost, this series earns its TV-MA rating. If you have young ones or people you don’t want to see nudity around, then I don’t recommend watching this show with them. I mean the first episode is titled “Sex Magick Money Murder.” It’s going to be a little hard to follow the style of my Critique with this entry, but We’ll do our best to cover the show in the same way we always do.
We’ll be reviewing the new series regarding Story, Acting, and Overall. Let’s jump into this over-the-top, action-packed series!
STORY: 7/10
If you like crime story television shows that explain “how murders are committed” or “idolize bank robbers of old,” then this show is definitely for you. Each story does a great job of connecting the viewer emotionally with the criminal of the story. This gives you an understanding of why they have found themselves in the position that they are. It’s almost as if the series is trying to show the viewer that they are one bad day or one bad choice away from trying to commit their own Heist.
The first story is about a girl never loved never appreciated, who unfortunately gets the attention she needed in life from a man who wanted to use her for his own benefit. Once he hooks her, she’ll do anything for him, including pulling off one of the largest successful heists of Las Vegas history.
The second Story tells about a man who just wants to have a family, and the bad choices that he makes along the way cost him more than his freedom when he robs the Money Plane.
The third story deals with insecurity of manhood in the desire to be liked, and part of a community that forces him to steal a ton of Pappy Van Winkle from his employers, to be the guy everyone wants to be connected to until everyone flees to avoid prosecution.
The setup stories are not that uncommon and sound like something that could happen to friends or associates. It’s what happens next with regards to the planning and partaking of a heist that warrants the story.
Each episode is broken into two parts, the first part tells of the person’s background, the planning of the heist, the perpetration of the heist, and the heist itself. The second episode deals with what comes next and being hunted down.
ACTING: 8/10
They do an amazing job in every story, using a mixture of acting their dramatization, graphical representations and explanation of how the crimes are committed, and simulated/actual interviews. When combined the feature is enthralling.
The people they get to portray the figure earlier in time for the dramatization are close in presentation, and they do a good job portraying the emotional weight or mental position of the characters as they are described in the interviews. Additionally, the interviews allow the criminals to convey their emotions, and frankly it’s engaging and humanizing.
OVERALL: 7/10
The only way a re-enactment show can work to pull in an audience is by showcasing a crime or incident that is so over-the-top and insane that the spectacle and enthralls you, or by forcing the viewer to identify with the criminals so you are interested in how their story, and everything, unfolded. This docu-series impressively does both.
Conner’s Final Thought(s):
What I really like about this show, is no story is told without Justice. In each of the three stories, crime doesn’t pay, and a heavy cost was levied against all the criminals. So in the end, I don’t feel the story will lead to people committing crimes.
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