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Guy Ritchie's The Money Heist is a gripping and fascinating documentary about the real-life attempted robbery of £300 million in diamonds from the Millennium Dome in 2000.

True crime stories are often more entertaining than fiction, and this is no exception. They likely would have gotten away with it, had the police not been watching and waiting.

I watched all three episodes in one go - the pacing felt just right, and the story is well told, featuring interviews with Flying Squad detectives, De Beers (the diamond's owners), and some of the criminals involved.

I disagree with the reviews claiming the documentary glamorises crime - the substantial prison sentences handed out to the unsuccessful robbers were anything but glamorous.

People have always been interested in real crimes - Dick Turpin, the Great Train Robbery, Brinks-Mat, etc. Books and TV programmes get made about them, and they often end up entertaining, which is to be expected from a documentary series about one of the most audacious robbery attempts ever.

That one of the robbers, Lee Wenham - who is heavily featured in the programme - happens to be quite likeable is neither here nor there. Likeable rogues exist, but that doesn't mean they don't go to jail.

There are also plenty of interviews with the victorious police who foiled the plot, so it's not as if Ritchie is bastardising history.

Take this as it is. It's a documentary about the failed, but audacious, attempt at stealing £350m (~$380m) worth of diamonds.

It was big news at the time. I don't think the limited series glorifies crime. It tells an accurate and compelling story.

It's not like your regular documentary, and it's British. So it's unique and compelling. If you have a Netflix subscription it doesn't cost you anything to watch.

Guy Richie is an executive director, and it shows. It's somewhere between a Lock Stock style movie and a fast paced Netflix documentary. It's good fun and the story is smartly weaved together between the robbers and the cops point of view.

Personally I really enjoyed it, and if you're not easily offended (by literally anything), I think you'll enjoy it too, particularly if you're not British (I am British living in Texas). I say that as it's a unique insight into British culture that actual Brits won't appreciate as much.

At times this one can be hard to follow so make sure you sit everything down and really watch it. This isn't a boring documentary about a Heist, you live it with both the crew trying to pull off the heist and the officers trying to stop it. You are brought along for the ride for the preparation, the execution, and the aftermath. You are never really sure how it is going to turn out as you question whether or not this crew has what it takes to pull off such a brazen and audacious attempt. This doc does a great job of exploring many different angles of a Heist of this magnitude, but it doesn't have the twists and turns you'd expect based on it being a whole series rather than a single documentary. I'd be curious to follow future documentaries by the same people because the production quality was great.

Truly unbelievable how a crew of men can pull off a high risk diamond heist like this, I'm not gonna lie, Netflix's really doing a great job making these types of mini-series. I always said that real life beats any movie or tv show and this is the proof, this mini-series is the evidence. Very well documented, very good footage, archive footage, etc. You don't need to do a research in order to watch this, it's very well done. You're not gonna get bored watching it, it's amazing how few men can plan something like this and actually stick to the plan and do the job, i highly recommend this mini-series.

Nothing is more disgusting than rich people flaunting their wealth like it's some kind of art exhibition. This series taps straight into that twisted reality, and I loved every minute of it. The plot revolves around an attempt to steal a diamond, but honestly, I couldn't help rooting for the bandits. The so-called "victims" are dripping with greed, privilege, and ego, which makes the tension even more satisfying. Great acting, stylish production, and a sharp critique of the elite. More of this, please! Honestly! This is just an absolute pleasure to watch! So if you haven't then go for it just right now!

Great watch. Shows the insights to all the sides to the story and was a great piece of creative story telling. Filmmaking at its finest.

Guy Ritchies auteur style of filmmaking really had me throughout the edge at all times. Really enjoyed the humour throughout the whole three amazing episodes and it had an amazing element of surprise to it.

By showing all the perspectives of the people involved in it, its something which is rare to watch in the media, cinema or the news.

The documentary had everything. Classy visuals, great editing and amazing story telling techniques which you would expect from a Guy Ritchie film especially when it comes to the gangster genre.

What a let down, as with all Guy Richie nonsense he glamorizes crime, in this case, real crime. And we have the half wit jack the lad, happy go lucky criminal grinning away calling the Police a bunch of C**** and showing no remorse for his crimes. Justifying it as it was the only path he knew. Showing us his failed attempts and then his masterpiece. It's not that, its the fact that they only got 4 years real time for their crimes, yeah sure dress it up as 14 years but in reality only serving 4. Case in point one of his accomplaces did it all over again when he came out. And our main character is just obviously a Cocaine Dealer now he is out and on the Straight and Narrow...it's blindingly obvious. So what this documentary says to me is "Commit your crimes, we will let you out early, turn you into a Star and set you up for life" I hate what this country has become. The policemans story is the one that should have been told, not that damned criminal.

This is great insight to a wonderful caper!

To have the insight of the thieves, police and justice system is rare. It's a wonderful documentary.

My only gripe is the cuts to visuals of sharks etc. I think the viewer should be credited with more intelligence.

All of that said, this is compelling viewing.

This is great insight to a wonderful caper!

To have the insight of the thieves, police and justice system is rare. It's a wonderful documentary.

My only gripe is the cuts to visuals of sharks etc. I think the viewer should be credited with more intelligence.

All of that said, this is compelling viewing.

The Diamond Heist is a 3-part true crime series written and directed by Jesse Vile released 16th of April 2025. It's a true crime documentary oozing with sassy reenactments that glorify violence and toxic masculinity, true to form for Guy Ritchie. In fact, Ritchie was attached to this project but it was not "his creation" as some critics have attested to, in fact, Ritchie was Executive Producer along with 2 others...not the Director. However, the Ritchie's influence is evident throughout with multiple homages to "Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels", so if that film floated your boat, then you are in for a real world treat.

It's the early 2000's, A ragtag bunch of career criminals decide to lift their game and aim for the stars by taking down the now infamous London Millennium Dome... or more specifically, the De Beers Millennium Star, a Diamond of 203 carats worth an astronomical 350 million pounds.

This film unabashedly thwarts the style versus substance balance in favour of style as it trains its eye on mainstream documentary audiences. It does this really well, the story is well structured, the reenactments are dynamic and well produced, and the interviews are engaging and fun. The film deep dives into the culture around the Millennium Dome in the early 2000's and contrasts that with the lives of those living deep in the heart of England's criminal underworld.

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"We were just a bunch of loveable rogues, honest guv!".

Let's not glorify the fact that the men involved in this (failed) robbery were a bunch of violent thugs who were prepared to shoot at Police and already had a string of violence and theft convictions to their names.

Actually, this should be a comedy as it appears that every big heist they planned failed.

Thank goodness for the meticulous planning by the Police who literally caught them in the act.

It's not a bad watch, I'd probably have given it a '6' if it hadn't been quite to sicophantic towards the main geezer. "I mean, I only planned it, I didn't have a shooter or nuffink". 🤦🏻

It quickly became apparent that this was going to be one of those puff pieces where these dregs of society sit in front of a camera, bragging about their violent crimes (all set to flashy editing and music of course). It's in extremely poor taste to have this scumbag chuckle about how he points his shotgun at security guards, even pretending he's about to blow them to smithereens (the voices of their victims are naturally completely absent).

The director is some no-name American guy. But the executive producer is Guy Ritchie, a man raised in comfortable upper class surroundings and going to private school, obviously suffering from a wannabe lower class criminal complex - and clearly the style of this documentary is meant to mirror the one of Ritchies films, especially the early ones. But it all ends up being a poor imitation.

On the one hand this is quite an interesting heist with a good story to tell.

On the other this is such a slick snd glossy production that it ends up glamorising and sanitising the real crime and gangsters as if it's one of Guy Ritchies dramas. There is a difference between TV drama and reality after all, and I think a different production style would have helped. It also gives a lot of attention and voice to the criminals themselves, which is what they want (as they say in their own words). Almost resulting in giving the impression they were in the right or somehow entitled to do what they did.

I ended up switching this off after 15 minutes. Not only is it glamorising the life of a thief - why is this okay these days? The story is told in such an overly dramatic way. I could barely believe that Lee Wenham was a real person. He seems to have been told to over act at all stages.

This story is an interesting one, and could have been told in a much more engaging way - without all of the drama. Unfortunately, this is what happens when the Americans get a hold of good British stories.

I wish I could get the time I spent on this flop back. My advice is to learn from my mistakes and give it a wide berth.

Disgusting glamorisation of real life gangsters, criminals, and all round terrible people who do nothing but brag and gloat about all the selfish and violent things they've done, and wish to be famous for.

I would hope these horrible criminals would get hit by a bus rather than be rewarded, glorified and given a global platform to gloat about their reckless and violent criminal behaviour on a freaking Netflix show?

For such a highly rated show, with majority of viewers feeling throughly entertained while clearly showing no regard for the countless people these gangsters would have hurt and endangered in their lifetime, as a society, we are clearly screwed.

We simply must! And not just monetarily compensate, but in street credibility as well - Dude even says how this hiest should have given him the respect he deserves - why are WE AS A SOCIETY rewarding them, even after they have served thier debt to society via incarceration - I just can't do it anymore and I wish that yall would join me - these stories can be told sans the criminals participant(s) and should do - we can recount or reenact in luie of giving these people exactly what the want (in some cases as much as the ill gotten gains) and don't get me wrong, I'm no saint and I'm more liberal than not, but this reward/redemption is problematic

I've given it a 5 because, as I've indicated, I chose to opt out soley on ethical (or I spose moral) reasons, the aforementioned reasons - and I did not feel it fair to penalize the film/filmmakers for this, but to be fair, I actually should, owing to everything I stated I feel strongly about - anyhow, I hope this resonates with some of yall.

This series describes the story about a diamond heist in London from the point of a robber/thief, journalist and a cop.

It glorifies the life of the robber - who just wants to score because of money and status. Forgetting everything else - like his two daughters.

It has three episodes - and god might question why. This little story could easily have been told in one or two episodes - but hey: Netflix wanted a show.

Overall: very mediocre. It gives a glimpse of the prework before the heist. But is mainly repetitive. How often have we seen the clip with the boat or the spiked van? No, this is just too simple.

I get it, it's stylish and 'exec produced by Guy Ritchie' simultaneously lends this series some credibility and gives a pretty hefty indicator as to who this is for - but why outsource the directing gig to an American?! They just don't know enough about our culture, let alone our criminal underworld.

Heavy handed and annoying, much like how the David Beckham series turned out - and again, directed by an American. I sense a pattern.

I'm sure this review will be deleted as a few of my more specifically critical ones have lately - but I don't care frankly, I'm sick of this American hostile takeover of our media. It's bad enough they have to remake every decent show we Brits produce without any of the edge or intelligence - but when they actually start MAKING stuff out here? We might as well be enveloped in as the 51st state. It's tedious, and I know I'm not alone in that.

A great story, cheesily told. Not for me.