John Bridger, a seasoned safecracker, assembled his team for a high-stakes job—recovering $35 million in gold bars from Italian gangsters who had stolen them weeks prior. The crew, led by the charismatic Charlie Croker, included computer genius Lyle, known as “Napster,” the smooth-talking driver Handsome Rob, explosives expert Left Ear, and their inside man, Steve. Their plan was flawless, and they successfully executed the heist, loading the gold and making their way toward Austria. But the celebration was short-lived. Steve had a different plan. He betrayed them, hijacking the operation with his own crew. In the chaos, John was killed, and the rest barely survived after being forced into the icy depths of a river. Steve left them for dead, disappearing with the gold and vanishing into a new life.
A year later, in Philadelphia, Charlie tracked Steve down. Now living under a new identity, Steve had been laundering the stolen gold through a Ukrainian jeweler, Yevhen, financing a lavish lifestyle in Los Angeles. Charlie saw an opportunity—not just for revenge but for redemption. He reunited the team and brought in an expert safecracker, Stella, John’s daughter, offering her the chance to avenge her father. Together, they watched Steve’s every move, looking for a weakness.
To get inside Steve’s mansion, Stella posed as a cable technician, mapping out the house and locating the safe containing the stolen gold. Unaware of who she was, Steve invited her on a date. The plan was set—while Steve was out, they would break into the mansion, blow open the safe, and escape using three modified Mini Coopers. Their supplier, Skinny Pete, secured explosives while their trusted mechanic, Wrench, prepared the getaway vehicles.
But Steve’s paranoia caught up with him. Yevhen let slip that he knew about the Venice heist, and Steve silenced him permanently. This caught the attention of Yevhen’s cousin, Mashkov, a ruthless leader in the Ukrainian crime syndicate. Following a trail through one of Yevhen’s employees, Mashkov connected the stolen gold to Skinny Pete and set his sights on finding the truth.
The night of the heist arrived, but an unexpected obstacle forced them to abort—the neighbors were throwing a massive party. The sound of explosives would be impossible to mask. Stella still had to meet Steve, but when she accidentally used her father’s signature catchphrase, Steve pieced it together. The team rushed to protect her, but Steve had already sensed their presence. He taunted them, confident that he still had the upper hand.
Knowing Steve would move the gold immediately, the team intercepted his phone calls. Napster’s surveillance revealed that Steve planned to transport the gold in an armored truck convoy to a private jet at LAX. With no time to waste, they devised a new strategy—hijack the city’s traffic control system, force the armored truck into an ambush zone, and execute the heist mid-transit.
The plan nearly unraveled when three identical trucks left Steve’s mansion. With only moments to react, Napster identified the real target and manipulated the traffic system to guide it to the predetermined location. From above, Steve monitored the transport in a helicopter, but the team was already a step ahead. They detonated explosives, collapsing the road beneath the truck, sending it into an underground subway tunnel.
Inside the armored truck, they faced another setback. Steve had transferred the gold into a different safe. Time was against them, but Stella cracked it open. Dividing the $27 million haul among their three Minis, they sped off through the tunnels, emerging into the Los Angeles River, pursued by Steve’s gunmen on motorcycles. Napster, still controlling traffic, cleared a path, ensuring their escape.
Charlie and Stella’s team split up—Stella, Handsome Rob, and Left Ear drove towards Union Station while Charlie led Steve’s helicopter away. Steve, desperate, ordered his pilot to take out Charlie, but the helicopter’s tail rotor was damaged in the attempt, forcing it to land.
Refusing to accept defeat, Steve hijacked a Ford Bronco and chased Charlie to Union Station, where Wrench had already loaded the Minis onto a train car. Steve, seeing no other way out, tried to bribe Wrench, but was met by the entire crew. When he pulled a gun, Mashkov and his men appeared, quickly disarming him. Charlie explained that he had cut a deal—Mashkov would receive a portion of the gold in exchange for taking care of Steve.
Stella delivered one last hit, punching Steve square in the face. Mashkov, showing no mercy, took Steve into custody, promising not a quick death, but a slow and painful reckoning for Yevhen’s murder. As the train departed, the team celebrated, raising a toast in John’s honor.
Each member of the crew found their own way to enjoy their winnings. Handsome Rob finally got his dream car, an Aston Martin DB7 Volante, and managed to charm his way out of a speeding ticket from an admiring officer. Left Ear bought his dream mansion in Andalusia, complete with an entire room dedicated to his massive shoe collection. Napster, true to his tech-obsessed nature, invested in a high-powered stereo system so powerful it could literally blow a woman’s clothes off. As for Charlie, he took John’s advice to heart—he found someone worth sharing his life with. Alongside Stella, he returned to Venice, not for another heist, but to start a new chapter.
