History Film / Lift2024

''Lift'' (stylised as ''LIFT'') is a 2024 {{Action|Genre}} {{Comedy}} Heist Caper film directed by F. Gary Gray (''Film/TheItalianJob2003'', ''Film/TheFateOfTheFurious''), and written by Daniel Kunka (''Film/TwelveRounds'').

* TheFaceless: "N8", the artist Cyrus's crew kidnaps, is initially shown wearing a golden mask and a voice-changer. They're a ReclusiveArtist, and takes measures to conceal their identity when they appear publicly. [[spoiler:His identity is revealed later on before the main plot begins, and is bald, male, and quite the LifeOfTheParty]].

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After Huxley's NonAnswer about the fighter pilot situation (which he helped to scramble and encouraged them to fire upon Cyrus, Abby and the rest of the crew so the gold never reached Lars), [[spoiler:Abby finally quits INTERPOL on the spot [[WhatTheHellHero out of sheer disgust]], and joins Cyrus and his crew]].

* WellIntentionedExtremist: While Huxley is an absolute {{Jerkass}} to Gladwell and Cyrus and [[spoiler:attempts to knowingly have the jet they and the rest of Cyrus' crew are being flown in with the gold shot down, Huxley visibly shows regret while making the order and only does it in order to prevent the gold from getting to Jorgensen and Leviathan so Jorgensen doesn't kill anyone.]]

* BigBad: Lars Jorgensen and Leviathan both share this: the latter is set to be paid in gold by the former so they can control any utility system in the world, giving Lars carte blanche to profit off of the misery of others via shorting stocks as he causes flooding and mayhem. [[spoiler:Subverted when Jorgensen murders the Leviathan leader when she tries to back out of the deal.]]

* TitleIn: The film uses the ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar''-style of representing place names with big text that are blended into the location, and only swaps the location for the country if it's impossible for the audience to recognise (such as the shed in the middle of Northern Ireland Cormac tortures someone in).

* WellIntentionedExtremist: While Huxley is an absolute Jerkass to Gladwell and Cyrus and [[spoiler:attempts to knowingly have the jet they and the rest of Cyrus' crew are being flown in with the gold shot down, Huxley visibly shows regret while making the order and only does it in order to prevent the gold from getting to Jorgensen and Leviathan so Jorgensen doesn't kill anyone.]]

* BigBad: Lars Jorgensen and Leviathan both share this: the latter is set to be paid in gold by the former so they can control any utility system in the world, giving Lars carte blanche to profit off of the misery of others via shorting stocks as he causes flooding and mayhem.

* TheCon: For a film focusing on a CaperCrew, there's no actual con being shown for almost the entire runtime. The opening featuring the crew taking the Van Gogh as a part of a simultaneous caper is just theft, not a con, while the NFT heist was actively beneficial to "N8", and they even "kidnap" them to show how their disappearance made their NFT skyrocket in value, and Cyrus even gives them a cut of the profits and they don't try to intimidate them. Ultimately averted however, as it's revealed by Cyrus near the end of the film that [[spoiler:the gold bullion was swapped for fake iron bars so INTERPOL would never get the gold but still could prosecute Lars, and was an UnspokenPlanGuarantee aimed at Abby so they wouldn't turn them over to INTERPOL]].
* ChekhovsGag: Mollson, a silicon valley TechBro the crew meet earlier at the auction house has a plane decked out in LCD panels, and Mollson writes some odd things on there for a laugh to show off and flaunt their wealth. [[spoiler:This turns out to be useful later on as this is used to send a message to the NATO Pilots that there are hostages on-board and shouldn't be shot down.]]

** The heist is set to take place within 17 days of INTERPOL hiring the crew. However, due to unforeseen circumstances, the gold is being moved earlier than expected, and the timeline gets cut down to five days, something which concerns Cyrus enough to try and break off the crew to let them walk away without shame.

* BigBad: Leviathan and Lars Jorgensen both share this: the latter is set to be paid in gold by the former so they can control any utility system in the world, giving Lars carte blanche to profit off of the misery of others via shorting stocks as he causes flooding and mayhem.

* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: INTERPOL manages to successfully pin the stolen Van Gogh that Cyrus's crew stole at the beginning of the film. They use this as leverage to make them steal gold before Lars gets his hands on it so an official investigation by the agency can take place. Cyrus, wanting to avoids jailtime, accepts the offer Huxley proposes.

After a successful heist on an auction by a CaperCrew, INTERPOL agent Abby Gladwell (Creator/GuguMbathaRaw) is tasked by Commander Huxley (Creator/SamWorthington) with hiring this same crew to take down Lars Jorgensen (Creator/JeanReno), a reclusive billionaire that wants to buy a program from a hacker group, Leviathan, that lets themk control all the utilities services that are connected to the internet to wreak havoc with flooding, and Lars can use stock market manipulation to profit off of the deaths the flooding would bring. The crew, consisting of OldFlame and the TheLeader of the crew, Cyrus (Creator/KevinHart), Denton (Creator/VincentDonofrio), Camilia (Creator/UrsulaCorbero), Magnus (Creator/BillyMagnussen), Luke (Creator/ViveikKalra) and Mi-Sun (Creator/YunJeeKim) is tasked with stealing a crate of gold bullion from a plane set to leave Heathrow in a matter of weeks, which will give INTERPOL the go-ahead to investigate Lars and take him down.

* BigBad: Leviathan and Lars Jorgensen both share this, the latter is set to be paid in gold by the former so they can control any utility system in the world, giving Lars carte blanche to profit off of the misery of others as he causes flooding and mayhem and short stocks.

--> '''Cyrus:''' ''"There are people you steal from, and there's people you don't steal from -- Lars Jorgensen kill both".''

* MetaGuy: Magnus is the most GenreSavvy of the crew, and clearly believes the plane heist is something out of Hollywood, and repeatedly lampshades common CaperCrew tropes.

* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: The film focuses on getting the gold from the plane, but doesn't show [[spoiler:the gold being replaced by iron fakes made by Magnus while Cyrus was hiring Harry to work at the air traffic control. They had simply made sure that they were placed in the same planes' cargo hold alongside the real gold bullion. Once the gold was removed from the safe, Luke (who had excused himself to Cyrus over the phone before the plan starts by dropping out under the cover of last-minute pressure getting to him, knowing that Abby would be nearby Cyrus) and helped to jettison the gold bars out of the plane by guiding it via remote control to land in a river for pick-up a few weeks later once the snow had cleared]]. None of this is revealed until right at the end, and was kept secret from Abby, presumably because of their conflicting conscious of sticking with INTERPOL versus joining Cyrus's crew.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Arthur Tigue, INTERPOLS' mole in Lar's organisation, gets killed by Cormac after revealing half the plan to INTERPOL, and Lars briefly tells Arthur of his fate via videocall.

* ChekhovsGag: Mollson, a silicon valley TechBro the crew meet earlier at the auction house has a plane decked out in LCD panels, and Mollson writes some odd things on there for a laugh to show off and flaunt his wealth. [[spoiler:This turns out to be useful later on as this is used to send a message to the NATO Pilots that there are hostages on-board and shouldn't be shot down.]]
* TheFaceless: "N8", the artist Cyrus's crew kidnaps, is initially shown wearing a golden mask and a voice-changer. They're a ReclusiveArtist, and takes measures to conceal his identity when they appear publicly. [[spoiler:His identity is revealed later on before the main plot begins, and is bald, male, and quite the LifeOfTheParty]].

* TheCon: For a film focusing on a CaperCrew, There's no actual con being shown for almost the entire runtime. The opening featuring the crew taking the Van Gogh as a part of a simultaneous caper is just theft, not a con, while the NFT heist was actively beneficial to "N8", and they even "kidnap" them to show how their disappearance made their NFT skyrocket in value, and Cyrus even gives them a cut of the profits and they don't try to intimidate them. Ultimately averted however, as it's revealed by Cyrus near the end of the film that [[spoiler:the gold bullion was swapped for fakes iron bars so INTERPOL would never get the gold but still could prosecute Lars, and was an UnspokenPlanGuarantee aimed at Abby so they wouldn't turn them over to INTERPOL]].
* ChekhovsGag: Mollson, a silicon valley techbro the crew has a plane so decked out in screens it is fitted with LCD panels on the bottom, and Mollson writes some odd things on there for a laugh. This turns out to be useful later on as [[spoiler:it is used to send a message to the NATO Pilots that there are hostages on-board and shouldn't be shot down.]]
* TheFaceless: "N8", the artist Cyrus's crew kidnaps, is initially shown wearing a golden mask and a voice-changer. They're a ReclusiveArtist, and takes measures to conceal his identity when they appear publicly. [[spoiler:His identity is revealed later on before the main plot begins, and is bald, male, and quite the LifeOfTheParty.

No relation to ''Film/DeLift'', or really anything to do with[[ElevatorTropes Elevators]].