I Los Angeles' kriminelle miljø følger vi en bande af succesfulde bankrøvere og den eliteenhed, som prøver at fange dem. Personernes veje mødes på kryds og tværs, mens planerne om et tilsyneladende umuligt kup mod Federal Reserve Bank tager form. ”Den of Thieves” er lige dele spændingsmættet actionfilm og psykologisk drama og giver den klassiske formel med politi og røvere et tiltrængt boost, hvor linjen mellem de gode og onde er udvisket.
I filmen 'Empire State' planlægger to barndomsvenner et røveri i New York City, men de er oppe mod en politimand, der ikke har i sinde at tillade kuppet.
På amerikansk slang kaldes penge for "dead presidents", efter dollarsedlernes billeder af døde præsidenter. Lige præcis det vietnamveteranen Anthony Curtis desperat mangler da han kommer hjem fra krigen.
Han bliver inddraget i den kriminelle verden, hvor han planlægger et endeligt kup som skal sikre ham og hans venner økonomisk resten af livet. De skal overfalde en penge-transport fyldt med umærkede sedler. Hvis det lykkedes skal de aldrig bekymre sig om penge igen. En eksplosiv actionfilm som har fængslet publikum og kritikere i hele verden.
Vigilante, a small armored truck company, is in full crisis mode. Victim of three violent hold-ups in a year, which left no survivors, the company is on the verge of bankruptcy and its employees are extremely worried. Some even suggest a complicity between the robbers and the firm. It is in this difficult context that a man, Alexandre Demarre, one morning presents himself to start his first day of work at Vigilante.
Det slår gnister, da den sexede racerkører Bibi møder gangsteren Gigi, og Bibi tror på Gigi, da han fortæller, at han lever af at importere og eksportere luksusbiler. Det er imidlertid langt fra sandheden. For Gigi og hans barndomsvenner fra børnehjemmet begår det ene minutiøst planlagte kup efter det andet. Forelskelsen i Bibi giver Gigi lyst til at droppe foretagendet, men da er det allerede alt for sent.
A quiet, epileptic taxidermist plans the perfect crime. All he needs is the right opportunity. An accident, perhaps…
Looking for a brighter future in metropolitan Manila, Oscar Ramirez and his family leave their miserable life in the rice terraces of Banaue, in the northern Philippines. In the sweltering capital, where all kind of perils lurk in every corner, Oscar catches a lucky break when he is offered a steady work for an armored truck company and the senior officer Ong takes him under his wing.
With a heavy haul of 250 kilograms of gold bullion, the grizzled criminal mastermind, Rhino, and his ruthless gang of cutthroats, head to a ramshackle retreat somewhere in the Mediterranean to lay low on a scorching day of July. However, the unexpected and rather unwelcome arrival of the bohemian writer, Bernier, his muse, Luce, along with a pair of no-joke gendarmes further complicates things, as the frail allegiances will soon be put to the test.
Emergency has been declared in India. Maharani Gitanjali from one of Rajasthan's princely states has already lost her privy purse. Now, she fears that she will lose the last treasure chest of gold which has been forcibly taken away from her. So she asks her trusted lieutenant, Bhawani to step in and plan a heist.
Jerry and his two pals, Russ and Syd, are just looking for some easy money to help them break out of their nowhere lives in their nowhere town. Despite a bungled jewelry store heist which exposes their incompetence as criminals, a fateful event (and an old black-and-white film) convinces them that they can pull off an armored-truck robbery. While they are busy plotting their caper, their dysfunctional families spin out of control, all around them.
Businessmen arrange the early release from prison of Togawa, serving time for taking revenge on the truck driver whose carelessness confined Togawa's sister, Rie, to a wheelchair. They want Togawa to hijack an armored truck loaded with 120 million yen; their leverage is to promise him money for surgery for Rie. Togawa consents and plans the heist with three others. The plan is solid, but it doesn't go smoothly. Togawa must improvise, there are traitors somewhere, and double-crosses mount. Can Togawa escape with enough money to help his sister and ensure a passage out of Japan?