Bandit (2022)

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Bandit (2022)

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There are many reasons why most of us have never robbed a bank: there's a pretty high chance of getting caught, prison isn't a great place to spent 10-20 years, and, occasionally, bank robbers get shot and killed in the process. But, turns out, that wasn't always the case, and especially not in Canada.

In the 1980s, Gilbert Galvan Jr escaped from a medium security prison in the United States, crossed over into Canada, and decided to try his hand at robbing banks there. What he quickly learned was that bank employees and security guards in Canada are much more polite than in the states. Tellers refrained from placing dye packs or pressing silent alarm buttons simply because Galvan asked them nicely not to, while security guards were more concerned with making sure no one got hurt than stopping a robbery in progress.

Bandit is based on Galvan's biography, who held the record for the most consecutive bank and jewelry store robberies (59) until he was eventually caught by a task force. Galvan avoided capture for so long by wearing elaborate disguises and flying back and forth across the country to rob banks far away from where he lived, giving him the real life nickname "the Flying Bandit."

Josh Duhamel is perfect in his role as Galvan, an the chemistry between him and his girlfriend/wife Andrea (Elisha Cuthbert) is palpable. Nestor Carbonell (Richard from "Lost") plays John Snydes, leader of the task force set up to track the bandit, while the local underworld kingpin is portrayed by Mel Gibson.

At two hours the film drags a bit in places and there's not as much action as one might think in a film about bank heists, but it's an entertaining watch that'll have you rooting for the bad guys... even the nice ones.

(Although Galvan reportedly netted more than $2 million from his string of robberies, police were never able to track down any of the money, which Galvan said he spent.)
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Re: Bandit (2022)

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Did anyone notice in the trailer that at 1:29 the audio cuts out for 30 seconds? Weird.
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