MONEY HEIST; CONCEPT FROM VARIOUS OTHER MOVIES ?

PREFACE

Money Heist (Spanish: La casa de papel, The House of Paper) is a heist crime Spanish TV series shaped by Álex Pina.

In Madrid. A mysterious person called 'The Professor' gathered a group of 8 people, who were given names of city's capitals as their gang name, to accomplish a dream plan that included robbing the Royal Mint of Spain, and fleeing with €984 million. After accomplishing the 1st ever grand heist, they decided to go for a second one for the sake of their friend's life. This time they repeated their strategy for robbing the Bank of Spain.

                                                                                     _ told from the perspective of one of the robbers, Tokyo.

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No doubt money heist has taken over the minds all across the world but is its story all new for the earth? What if I say its nothing new but an evolved version of some previous heist movies, having the exact same concept? I know you'll say that this all doesn't matter if the movie is so entertaining and giving a life to the old concepts. 

OKAY! I agree, but the point I want to highlight is that only a particular movie shouldn't get the appreciation then, as the credit goes to the others too. The strategy used in Money Heist is well appreciated by most of the viewers, calling it an all new formula for the heist, unaware of the fact that the concept has been shared by other movies too.

OMG! WHAT THE HELL IS SHE UP TO?😡.......... I know some Money Heist fans will say this for sure, but dear fans just take a deep breath and lets look for some evidences here.

Lets directly talk about one of the referencing movie then:

Inside Man

This American heist thriller movie came to cinemas in 2006. The references are as follows:

1.                 Firstly, a man named Dalton, can be seen as the mastermind of whole heist having nearly the same characteristics as of the Professor's. He was intelligent, handsome, determined, soft hearted, and else and else just like professor. Dalton, unlike other robbers, wasn't a murderer, but just wanted to rob a lot and a lot of money according to their grand heist plan, which is the exact concept shown in money heist for the professor.
2.                 Secondly, right after the successful entry of heist members in building, the hostages are forced to change the clothes and wear the exact same dress code and mask as the robbers, which were provided by the robbers themselves, which is exactly what is shown in Money Heist.
3.                 Lastly, robbers didn't rob the bank but something more precious, dodging the government and police who were thinking the robbers are just after the money, which we can relate easily with the concept of money heist in which professor planed to print their own money rather than stealing it.

Tell me in the comments about your POV.

_ Hareem Mehboob

16/oct/2021