We wondered whether to actually watch this movie as it sounded extremely similar to a show we watched (also on Netflix) called Money Heist, which Sean chose solely for its ridiculous title.
The Premise: College ‘boy genius’ Thom (Freddie Highmore) is recruited into a gang of thieves needing his help to crack the world’s most uncrackable safe, located in the Bank of Spain.
The Verdict: The most interesting thing about this movie is that this vault is fact, not fiction. Called the Chamber of Gold for good reason, it contains most of Spain’s gold reserves and is located 38 meters underground. Should anyone breach its barriers, the 16-tonne steel door closes, sealing off the chamber, and then it floods. Instant death for would-be thieves. Madrid’s famous fountain, La Cibeles, would feed it in case of emergency. What a beautiful, beautiful death trap. The movie thieves (including Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Sam Riley, Liam Cunningham, Jose Coronado, and Luis Tosar) are bizarrely confident they can be the first, indeed the only, successful robbers, using the World Cup as cover. Will they penetrate the vault? Will they drown trying? The answers are all on Netflix, baby.
ASSHOLES WATCHING MOVIES 
Everyone always thinks they’re smarter than the death traps. In the movies, they usually are.
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Was that a recommendation?
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Was it any good? 😉
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What about Money Heist, recommended to us by a friend. Have you ever reviewed this? It seemed like too many episodes to invest our time in.
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We started this one last night. How cool that the vault is a real thing. We’ll probably finish it tonight.
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We were just happy that Freddie of the Johnny Depp Willy Wonka remake keeps getting work.
One of the worst remakes ever, imho.
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I’d watch this just for the vault—what a crazy contraption!
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How interesting, and honestly kind of horrifying, that it’s real.
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I know, how barbaric!
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