The Devil’s Heist (2020) Review

The Devil’s Heist (2020) Review

After being released from prison, Ted (Bryan Sapphire) and his associates rob Coven National Bank, later to find out it is owned by Lucifer (Mike Ferguson) and the employees are witches.

THE DEVIL’S HEIST looks like it was fun to make – check out the comedy out-takes at the start of the film’s end credits and you’ll see what I mean – unfortunately it’s not as much fun to have to sit through. It’s a short and rather lifeless flick, there’s no pace, no oomph and it’s criminally flat for something that has a premise that screams out for dynamic tension.

The story is broken down into chapters, although quite why is not clear as one segment is pretty much just as dull and repetitive as the one that preceded it. Director Fernando Acevedo’s film is basically three people bickering before, during and after they commit a robbery, otherwise there’s three women stood around what looks like a large bowl of milk nattering.

I couldn’t quite fathom why Lucifer would need a bank account or, on an overall level, whether the film was meant to be funny rather than taken straight. Add to that musical accompaniments that quickly become tiresome and repetitive and you have a very odd flick indeed. The version I was sent to review was ‘unrated’ which would imply that its content is more hardcore, it’s not. On the plus side Lucifer does has some great tattoos!

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