23 Years Later, Jason Statham’s Crime Masterpiece Is Quietly Soaring on Netflix

Fresh off the success of Ocean’s Eleven in 2001 — the movie grossed $450 million worldwide against a reported budget of $85 million — Hollywood decided to focus on the heist genre like never before. Interestingly, the big-budget underperformers Swordfish and The Score were released a few months before Ocean’s Eleven. But their so-so box-office didn't deter the industry from chasing success in the heist genre. Only two years later, Paramount got an A-list cast together for a big-budget heist movie that did solid business at the box office, received moderately positive reviews, and is now witnessing a viewership spike on streaming. The movie wasn’t exactly a remake, but was heavily inspired by a cult classic British film from 1969 starring Michael Caine.