History Film / Heist2015

''Heist'' (also titled ''Bus 657'' in early releases) is a 2015 heist action thriller film directed by Scott Mann and written by Stephen Cyrus Sepher and Mac Adams. It stars Creator/RobertDeNiro, Creator/JeffreyDeanMorgan, Kate Bosworth, Creator/MorrisChestnut, [[Wrestling/{{Batista}} Dave Bautista]], Sepher and Creator/GinaCarano.

''Heist'' (also titled ''Bus 657'' in early releases) is a 2015 heist action thriller film directed by Scott Mann and written by Stephen Cyrus Sepher and Mac Adams. It stars Creator/RobertDeNiro, Creator/JeffreyDeanMorgan, Kate Bosworth, Morris Chestnut, [[Wrestling/{{Batista}} Dave Bautista]], Sepher and Gina Carano.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Pope is a vicious mob boss, but won't tolerate anyone harming children, even the children of his enemies, [[spoiler:as Dog learns to his cost]].

* RobbingTheMobBank: The casino Vaughn and his partners rob is being used to launder money for TheMob.

* ScaryBlackMan: Dog, the right hand man of Pope, has black skin and is by far one of the most aggresive and heinous characters in the movie, killing a number of innocent homeless people on the way and attempting to burn Vaughn alive. [[spoiler:The latter happens when he refuses to stop chasing Vaughn after Pope decides it, which eventually leads to his death.]]

* DirtyCop: [[spoiler:Detective Marconi, who is charge of resolving the bus hostage situation, is actually in the pocket of mob boss Francis "The Pope" Silva, and his chief goal is to recover the money stolen from the casino and kill the robbers.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: The Pope is a vicious mob boss, but will not tolerate anyone harming children, even the children of his enemies. [[spoiler:As his right hand man Dog learns to his cost.]]

* MedicationTampering: [[spoiler:Dante dies after the vet student injects him with what is supposed to pain medication. Vaughn strongly implies that DirtyCop Marconi substituted it for something lethal.]]

* PregnantHostage: One of the passengers on the bus when it is hijacked is Pauline, a heavily pregnant young woman. She and a young boy are the ones let off the bus in exchange for it being allowed to refuel. [[spoiler:Ultimately subverted as it turns out that Pauline is Vaughn's sister and [[FakePregnancy the pregnancy was fake]]. She uses the pregnancy belly to smuggled the cash off the bus.]]
* PopTheTires: One of the SWAT cops on a motorbike shoots out the tyre on the bus to force it to stop.

* YouHaveFailedMe: After [[spoiler:his pet DirtyCop Marconi]] has let Vaughn slip through his fingers (again), The Pope just shoots him partway through his attempted explanation.

* YouHaveFailedMe: After [[spoiler:his pet DirtyCop Marconi]] has let Vaughn slip though his fingers (again), The Pope just shoots him partway through his attempted explanation.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: The Pope is a vicious mob boss, but will not tolerate anyone harming children, even the children of his enemies. [[spoiler:As his number 2 Derrick learns to his cost.]]

* VehicleTitle: In Australia, the film was released as ''Bus 657''.

* NoNameGiven: Cox's partner and longtime friend, who gets shot by Dog during the chase scene and [[spoiler:dies later from blood loss in the bus]], is unnamed.