Lift – Film

Cyrus, a renowned international thief, leads a heist crew of inside man Denton, pilot Camila, hacker Mi-Sun, safecracker Magnus and engineer Luke. They undertake two simultaneous thefts, stealing a Van Gogh painting in London whilst staging the fake kidnapping of renowned NFT artist N8 in Venice.

However, Interpol agent Abby Gladwell, a former fling of Cyrus, uncovers evidence implicating Denton, Luke and Magnus in the thefts. Rather than proceed with charges against the crew, Abby’s superior, Commander Huxley, leverages their legal predicament to force them to help capture banker and terrorist mastermind Lars Jorgenson. As part of the deal, Cyrus insists Abby join the team, to provide certain cover by Interpol.

Jorgenson is working with the hacking group Leviathan to stage a terrorist attack in Europe, allowing him to make billions in profit by stock manipulation. As Leviathan requires payment in gold bullion, Jorgenson has arranged for a shipment of gold to be taken from his vault in London and flown to Leviathan’s bank in Zurich via a commercial airliner.

The crew determines they will only be able to steal the gold while the airliner is in mid-air. To do so, they procure a private jet that Camila will fly directly underneath the airliner, allowing Mi-Sun to switch the radar signals to make it seem like the plane is still on course whilst the crew divert it to a private airfield. After Magnus cracks the safe and Jorgenson’s henchmen are incapacitated, the crew will extract the gold via the jet.

Their timings are complicated when Jorgenson executes a mole in his organisation and moves up the delivery date. Nevertheless, the crew are ready in time. After successfully diverting the plane, Jorgenson’s henchmen attempt a hijack, resulting in the plane crash landing. Magnus, Abby, Cyrus and Camila are captured. Magnus escapes on the ground, whilst the remaining three are taken aboard the jet with the gold, headed for Jorgenson’s estate in Tuscany.

Desperate for the gold to not reach Jorgenson, Huxley orders the plane shot down by NATO. Harry, the crew’s contact at air traffic control, works with Camila to get a message to the pilots that there are hostages on board, forcing them to stand down. Another fight between the crew and Jorgenson’s henchmen results in the jet crash-landing on the grounds of Jorgenson’s villa.

Abby, Cyrus and Camila are captured at gunpoint by Jorgenson, who also executes Leviathan’s representative after they threaten him. The Carabinieri arrive, and Cyrus uses N8’s NFT technology to show them a recording of Jorgenson murdering the representative. Jorgenson is arrested, whilst Abby punches Huxley upon learning he authorised the NATO jets. She resigns from Interpol and joins Cyrus.

Weeks later, Cyrus reveals to Abby that the crew also subtly stole the gold shipment during the heist on the airliner, replacing the actual shipment with iron bars painted gold. Together, the crew recover their haul and celebrate their success whilst Cyrus and Abby rekindle their relationship.