A thief tries to leave the thug life...but he's pulled in for one last heist! With The Score, there are three summer films recycling this plot. Even D.B. Cooper couldn't keep these swindles straight. But let's try.
MOVIE
Sexy Beast
PULLEE
Ex-robber Ray Winstone, once jailed for nine years, now happily
retired in Spain with his ex-porn-star wife
PULLER
Sociopath Ben Kingsley, who cows Winstone with not-so-passive
profanity
HEIST
Break into bank's safe-deposit boxes, collect jewelry and cash to
fund London crime boss' swinging lifestyle
PULL
Three percent, plus bragging rights to having knocked over a bank
with ''Gandhi's crew''
MOVIE
Swordfish
PULLEE
Ex-hacker Hugh Jackman, once jailed for 18 months, now busy
rescuing daughter from his porn-star ex-wife
PULLER
Supercriminal John Travolta, who mesmerizes Jackman with his
plumber's-crack goatee
HEIST
Hack into an L.A. bank, snatch $9.5 billion to fund
anti-terrorist scheme -- and the PR bill for Halle Berry's breasts
PULL
$10 million, plus bragging rights to having a better hairdo
than his boss
MOVIE
The Score
PULLEE
Safecracker Robert De Niro, never caught, wants to marry his
girlfriend after one last money shot.
PULLER
Fence Marlon Brando, who weakens De Niro with hypnotically
swaying chins 1, 4, 5, and 8
HEIST
Break into Montreal Customs House, steal priceless 17th-
century scepter, possibly to fund Brando's Hot Pockets tab
PULL
$6 million, plus bragging rights to being master thief of Canada.
Yeah, ''bragging rights.''
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