Lift

Lift is a 2024 American heist comedy film directed by F. Gary Gray and written by Daniel Kunka. The film stars Kevin Hart (who also served as a producer), Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Vincent D'Onofrio, Úrsula Corberó, Billy Magnussen, Jacob Batalon, Jean Reno, and Sam Worthington.
Lift was released on Netflix on January 12, 2024.
== Plot ==
Cyrus, a renowned international thief, leads a heist crew that consists of Denton, pilot Camila, hacker Mi-Sun, safecracker Magnus, and engineer Luke. They undertake two simultaneous thefts, stealing a Van Gogh painting in London while staging the fake kidnapping of renowned NFT artist N8 in Venice. The team staged a kidnapping for N8 and Cyrus points out that famous paintings rapidly increase in value after being stolen and he says that his crew stole the Van Gogh painting and sold it in the black market for $20 million to buy N8's NFT. After being "kidnapped", N8's NFT ballooned in value to $89 million. N8 decides to celebrate with the team after being promised a cut of the money.
Interpol agent Abby Gladwell, a former fling of Cyrus, uncovers evidence implicating Denton in the theft and arrests him. Rather than proceeding with charges against the crew, Abby's superior, Commander Huxley, leverages their legal predicament to force them to help capture billionaire Lars Jorgenson, who intends to make more money by working with the hacking group Leviathan to stage a massive flooding in Europe, allowing him to make billions in profit through stock manipulation. As Leviathan requires payment in untraceable gold bullion, Jorgenson has arranged for a shipment of gold to be taken from his vault in London and flown to Leviathan's bank in Zürich via a commercial airliner. As part of the deal for clean records for Cyrus and all his members, Cyrus insists Abby join the team to provide certain cover for Interpol.
The crew determines they will only be able to steal the gold while the airliner is in mid-air. To do so, they procure a private jet from a rich private art collector named Molsen that Camila will fly directly underneath the airliner, allowing Mi-Sun to switch the radar signals to make it seem like the plane is still on course while the crew diverts it to a private airfield. In exchange for loaning his private jet, Cyrus promises Molsen to persuade N8 to make a special NFT art for him. After Magnus cracks the safe and Jorgenson's henchmen are incapacitated, the crew will extract the gold via the jet.
Their timing is complicated when Jorgenson executes a mole in his organization and moves up the delivery date. Nevertheless, the crew is ready on time. After successfully diverting the plane, Jorgenson's henchmen attempt an hijack, resulting in a fight on board the plane. Magnus, Abby, Cyrus, and Camila are captured. Magnus escapes on the ground, while the remaining three are taken aboard the jet with the gold, headed for Jorgenson's estate in Tuscany.
Desperate for the gold to not reach Jorgenson, Huxley orders the plane to be shot down by NATO. Harry, the crew's contact at air traffic control, works with Camila to get a message to the pilots that there are hostages on board, forcing them to stand down. Another fight between the crew and Jorgenson's henchmen results in the jet crash landing on the grounds of Jorgenson's villa.
Abby, Cyrus, and Camila are captured at gunpoint by Jorgenson, who also executes Leviathan's representative after they decide to cancel the deal. The Carabinieri and Huxley arrive, and Cyrus uses mounted cameras on the jet to show them a recording of Jorgenson murdering the representative. Jorgenson is arrested, while Abby punches Huxley upon learning he authorized the NATO shootdown. She resigns from Interpol and joins Cyrus.
Weeks later, Cyrus reveals to Abby that the crew stole the gold shipment during the heist on the airliner, replacing the actual shipment with iron bars painted to look like gold. Together, the crew recover their gold haul and celebrate their success while Cyrus and Abby rekindle their relationship.
== Cast ==
== Release ==
Lift was released on Netflix on January 12, 2024. It was originally scheduled to be released on August 25, 2023, however, it was postponed as a result of the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike in the United States.
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== References ==
Category:2024 action comedy films
Category:2024 action thriller films
Category:2024 crime action films
Category:2024 crime comedy films
Category:2024 crime thriller films
Category:2020s American films
Category:2020s comedy thriller films
Category:2020s English-language films
Category:2020s heist films
Category:American action comedy films
Category:American action thriller films
Category:American comedy thriller films
Category:American crime action films
Category:American crime comedy films
Category:American crime thriller films
Category:American heist films
Category:Films about Interpol
Category:Films about the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Category:Films about terrorism in Europe
Category:Films affected by the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike
Category:Films directed by F. Gary Gray
Category:Films produced by Matt Reeves
Category:Films produced by Simon Kinberg
Category:Films scored by Dominic Lewis
Category:Films set in London
Category:Films set in Tuscany
Category:Films set in Venice
Category:Films set on airplanes
Category:Films shot at Shepperton Studios
Category:Netflix original films
Category:2024 films