2019 · crime · heist
Finding Steve McQueen
Directed by Mark Steven Johnson1h 31m2019
In 1972, a gang of close-knit thieves from Youngstown, Ohio attempt to steal $30 million in illegal contributions. Based on the true story of the biggest bank heist in US history.
Our read: Finding Steve McQueen (2019) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded crime · heist entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, gentle crime / heist, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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