Taglines: The heist begins at 40,000 ft.
Lift movie storyline. Cyrus, an international thief and his crew specialize in stealing extremely costly art pieces and resort to kidnapping if necessary. Cyrus’s ex girlfriend Abby, an Interpol agent convinces him to steal a huge consignment of gold being sent by plane from London to Zurich in return for immunity from arrest . Cyrus knows this is an almost impossible task but decides to go ahead since it means freedom for him and his crew not to speak of his getting together with Abby again.
Lift is a 2024 American heist comedy film directed by F. Gary Gray and written by Daniel Kunka. The film stars Kevin Hart (who also served as a producer), Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Vincent D’Onofrio, Úrsula Corberó, Billy Magnussen, Jacob Batalon, Jean Reno, and Sam Worthington. Lift was released on Netflix on January 12, 2024. Lift was released on Netflix on January 12, 2024. It was originally scheduled to be released on August 25, 2023, however, it was postponed as a result of the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike in the United States.
About the Story
Cyrus, a renowned international thief, leads a heist crew that consists of Denton, pilot Camila, hacker Mi-Sun, safecracker Magnus, and engineer Luke. They undertake two simultaneous thefts, stealing a Van Gogh painting in London while staging the fake kidnapping of renowned NFT artist N8 in Venice.
The team staged a kidnapping for N8 and Cyrus points out that famous paintings rapidly increase in value after being stolen and he says that his crew stole the Van Gogh painting and sold it in the black market for $20 million to buy N8 NFTs. After being “kidnapped”, N8’s NFT ballooned in value to $89 million. N8 decides to celebrate with the team after being promised a cut of the money.
Interpol agent Abby Gladwell, a former fling of Cyrus, uncovers evidence implicating Denton, in the theft and arrests him. Rather than proceed with charges against the crew, Abby’s superior, Commander Huxley, leverages their legal predicament to force them to help capture billionaire Lars Jorgenson, who intends to make more money by working with the hacking group Leviathan to stage a massive flooding in Europe, allowing him to make billions in profit through stock manipulation.
As Leviathan requires payment in untraceable gold bullion, Jorgenson has arranged for a shipment of gold to be taken from his vault in London and flown to Leviathan’s bank in Zürich via a commercial airliner. As part of the deal for clean records for Cyrus and all his members, Cyrus insists Abby join the team to provide certain cover for Interpol.
The crew determines they will only be able to steal the gold while the airliner is in mid-air. To do so, they procure a private jet from a rich private art collector named Molsen that Camila will fly directly underneath the airliner, allowing Mi-Sun to switch the radar signals to make it seem like the plane is still on course while the crew diverts it to a private airfield. In exchange for loaning his private jet, Cyrus promises Molsen to persuade N8 to make a special NFT art for him. After Magnus cracks the safe and Jorgenson’s henchmen are incapacitated, the crew will extract the gold via the jet.
Their timing is complicated when Jorgenson executes a mole in his organization and moves up the delivery date. Nevertheless, the crew is ready on time. After successfully diverting the plane, Jorgenson’s henchmen attempt an hijack, resulting in a fight on board the plane. Magnus, Abby, Cyrus, and Camila are captured. Magnus escapes on the ground, while the remaining three are taken aboard the jet with the gold, headed for Jorgenson’s estate in Tuscany.
Lift (2024)
Directed by: F. Gary Gray
Starring: Kevin Hart, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Vincent D’Onofrio, Úrsula Corberó, Billy Magnussen, Jacob Batalon, Jean Reno, Paul Anderson, Sam Worthington, David Proud, Jess Liaudin
Screenplay by: Daniel Kunka
Production Design by: Dominic Watkins
Cinematography by: Bernhard Jasper
Film Editing by: William Yeh
Costume Design by: Antoinette Messam
Set Decoration by: Daniel Birt, Giulia Busnengo
Art Direction by: Robert-John Carlisle, Susanna Codognato, Christine McDonagh
Music by: Dominic Lewis, Guillaume Roussel
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for violence and action, suggestive material and some language.
Distributed by: Netflix
Release Date: January 12, 2024
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