How to Rob a Bank is modern day Heat meets Twitch

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Published Jun 2, 2026, 11:18 AM EDT

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A still image from How To Rob A Bank featuring a group of people emerging from the open van doors. They have weapons and don animal masks.

Director David Leitch, of Deadpool 2 and Bullet Train fame, dares to ask: What if Michael Mann's 1995 American crime-thriller Heat took place in the modern day? The result is the daring, adrenaline-pumping action film How to Rob A Bank.

Featuring a star-studded cast of Nicholas Hoult, Zoë Kravitz, Pete Davidson, John C. Reilly, Anna Sawai, Rhenzy Feliz, and Christian Slater, How To Rob A Bank follows a crew of bank robbers whose skill at using social media to broadcast their heists leads them to viral fame and public adoration. However, their popularity has a catch: It's also earned the robbers the attention of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. What's more, the FBI is willing to team up with criminals, like Kravitz's character, a disgruntled software engineer, to ensure that these streaming superstars are brought to justice.

Yet as the thieves grow more confident, it becomes increasingly apparent that they're looking to do more than "make content" just to rake in views. The robbers have a personal connection to why banks are their target, and it's up to the FBI to find out what it is before the animal-masked hooligans can pull off the biggest score yet.

Leitch's previous films have shown that the director isn't afraid to combine biting social commentary with explosions and firepower. How To Rob a Bank looks to be no different, only with the added benefit of adding an uncommon perspective of streaming as a tool to highlight what people are willing to do in order to enact change.

How To Rob A Bank shotguns into theaters on Sept. 4