Billion Dollar Heist
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- 2023
| Billion Dollar Heist | |
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| Directed by | Daniel Gordon, Brendan Donovan, Bryn Evans[1] |
| Written by | Whetham Allpress, Tom Blackwell, Brendan Donovan, Bryn Evans, Matthew Metcalfe[1] |
| Starring | Misha Glenny[1] Rakesh Asthana[2] |
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Running time | 84 minutes[1] |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Language | English |
Billion Dollar Heist is a 2023 feature-length documentary that explores the 2016 Bangladesh Bank robbery.
The bank robbery is described by multiple film reviewers as "one of the biggest financial crimes in history".[3][2] The film is slightly dramatized, and compares the hackers to the hackers in Ocean's Eleven.[3] The film mixes expert commentary with visualizations to explain the abstract and technical process of hacking to the viewer in simple terms.[1] One film reviewer described the interviewees as having unique and excited demeanors that make this film stand out from other documentaries.[2] The original bank robbery was a major cyber crime, and this film and its telling of it emphasize to the viewer the dangers of a digitally interconnected world.[3][2]
