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Millions in stolen cash. Missing luxury bourbon. Watch ordinary people almost get away with these extraordinary heists in this true crime series.Millions in stolen cash. Missing luxury bourbon. Watch ordinary people almost get away with these extraordinary heists in this true crime series.Millions in stolen cash. Missing luxury bourbon. Watch ordinary people almost get away with these extraordinary heists in this true crime series.
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I am not sure what other reviewers are talking about, but I really enjoyed the dramitisation touch of series. Showing the history, building upto heist and then aftermath of events. It always kept you edge and wanting to hear more about the story.
Just because it's Netflix and you are not getting Discovery channel documentaries doesn't mean it's bad. It's engaging, exciting and a great watch.
Just because it's Netflix and you are not getting Discovery channel documentaries doesn't mean it's bad. It's engaging, exciting and a great watch.
I love true crime documentaries and Netflix does churn out a number of them every year. However the quality ranges from very high to simply poor. With the highlight of this year for me being Sophie a murder in west cork, to the bad, Sons of Sam.... What makes a documentary good in my opinion? For it to feel compelling and captivating without the necesity to over dramatize everything. This series of 6 episodes is made up of 3 two part stories.... The first story is about the heist of money truck, the second is about the heist of money from a airport warehouse and the third and perhaps the weakest..... the theft of bourbon.... all these stories have dramatized recreations of what happened. (perhaps to put something on the screen) while people were being interviewed about their experiences of planning the crimes they commited and how they escaped and eventually got caught etc.
The recreations sadly reminded me of sometimes cheesy overdramatized exagerated ww2 documentaries...... instead of keeping things simple, perhaps with just nice cinematography and cutting the length from 2 hours one.... it could have been better. Also big negative was that the people being "interviewed" were at times acctresses, a big no no.... if you can't get the people have a voice over person or something more traditional. It felt deceptive
Sophie a murder in west cork on the contrary was more simple, It didn't insist on the use of recreations, but rather capture the beautiful scenary of the area and interweave it with interviews etc.
So im going to have to give it a six because its watchable, albeit not a great watch.
The recreations sadly reminded me of sometimes cheesy overdramatized exagerated ww2 documentaries...... instead of keeping things simple, perhaps with just nice cinematography and cutting the length from 2 hours one.... it could have been better. Also big negative was that the people being "interviewed" were at times acctresses, a big no no.... if you can't get the people have a voice over person or something more traditional. It felt deceptive
Sophie a murder in west cork on the contrary was more simple, It didn't insist on the use of recreations, but rather capture the beautiful scenary of the area and interweave it with interviews etc.
So im going to have to give it a six because its watchable, albeit not a great watch.
A unique and different take on true crime, the heist. The first two stories were well told and the documentaries well made. Didn't care for the bourbon one. Overall though, well made episodes that were interesting to watch.
Ignore the super low reviews. This documentary does not pretend to be serious and dramatic. The stories are told, first hand, by those who pulled them off, and they put a decent amount of money and effort into the dramatizations.
It's interesting, light hearted and fun.
It's interesting, light hearted and fun.
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