How To Rob A Bank IS an instruction manual – but not for heists
the true crime that's worth your time
The crime
A string of almost 20 Seattle bank robberies, committed by a charismatic UNSUB whom law enforcement nicknamed "Hollywood."
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The story (spoilers ahead, though; jump to the rec box to avoid them!)
Almost every other review of How To Rob A Bank, out earlier this week on Netflix, is at pains to note that the documentary's title is not in fact a promise, so it's hacky of me to say the same thing – but I will anyway, if only to note that said title is one of the film's few flaws. Not that I needed or expected a For Dummies on successful heisting – but How To Rob A Bank does some of its best work when it's collaging Hollywood's bank-job process over the course of several years.