Clunky and strained...

It’s a crime film that finds little joy in criminality, crammed with characters who’ve been backed into a corner, hindered by an overarching morality that doesn’t match the material.

Heist 88 picks up once the plan gets set into motion, but director Menhaj Huda and the screenplay give cursory lip service to the backstories and the action seems rather clunky at moments.

Different from many movies that feature crimes committed by Black perpetrators, here the story focuses on bank employees who are at first too honest to participate in the crime.