Way Down': a nice B-side of 'La fortuna' and 'La casa de papel' to relive the epic of the iniestazo

 The heist cinema is experiencing an interesting revival with the success of many and very diverse proposals that pose great coups and epic robberies against the background of the financial crisis, acting as a facilitator of the sympathies of the general public. ' Way Down ' is a good example of the good health of the genre and especially in Spain, since it is directed by Jaume Balagueró, in his first non-documentary work far from horror or thriller.

In recent years we have had many examples, but ' La casa de papel ' is an inescapable global phenomenon that has much in common with this new approach to the world of thieves. The specific point that this film plays against is that its theft is precisely in the Bank of Spain, the place where we have been three seasons of the Netflix phenomenon, which leads to a very difficult level of complexity in two hours .

If Álex Pina's series took ideas from ' Hidden Plan ' (2006) or ' One Hundred Years of Forgiveness ' (2016), this film seems to respond to the classic starting point of robberies that we all have fantasized about if we got into the Skin of thieves - plan the heist in the middle of a great soccer match in Spain . This does not mean that 'Way Down' ends up repeating some strengths of Netflix's success, including characters such as the head of security, who seems to replicate the idea of ​​the stale and retrograde official that reveals the tendency to mannerism of similar projects.

Balagueró recovered after the misstep of 'Musa'

However, the film's common places do not sit well, since it is raised from a difficult starting point; as if it were a revenge of the pirates of 'La fortuna' , it is the members of Atlantis themselves who try to steal back the Spanish crown , which creates a confusing bed of alliances for a viewer who is not convinced by only a few familiar faces and a few screams to try to turn a sounded looting around. It's still funny to see the other side of the story, but that foundation will create weaknesses later on.

The entire robbery is very well thought out and concrete, the visual display is enviable and Balagueró has a steady hand and a wide gaze to manage the game's geography and action scenes. Although it may seem generic, 'Way Down' has a better thought script than it seems, full of seeds that germinate at key moments and plans that fail and are fixed with tension management that ensures fringe-free entertainment. The international cast works perfectly and the production is remarkable.

Where the whole does not work is precisely that we are not completely on board with the characters, treated to a certain extent with a coldness somewhat alien to the viewer, whose maximum emotional connection is with the character of Liam Cunning, who alone manages to create that Traction of sympathies to which he manages to drag Freddie Highmore, who does well as a clever boy oblivious to everything , and has a moment in which he brings out his perfect Castilian, creating the hook based on spontaneity.

Some characters fall ill

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