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Meanwhile a bear goes and hoovers up tons of cocaine and performs its own crazy stunts and doesn’t win a damn thing, absolute ****ing robbery.
Got bummed then tried to sell the exclusive via a crowdfunder and no one bought it.
The end
Dont see the big deal myselfThe Charlie Sheen Corey Haim thing though.
All movie stars have to get bummed before making it big innit?
Great film.
He was in some classics tbf - SBM, The Goonies, The Burbs, The Lost Boys, think he was in Gremlins too.
I blame the gif
. .. but there was also an intelligence test ... only stupid people can't work out the last word 
Just watched the documentary on the real life story of Brinks Matt on BBC1.
Pleasantly surprised how accurate The Gold series was to actual events.
What's incredible is the repercussions of the robbery for the gold and the money made and laundered. It was pretty much a seminal moment in UK crime.
The millions made from it funded the development of the Docklands, it created the Timeshare scams in Spain, and literally kickstarted the import of Ecstasy into the UK from America and the rave scene
There were no money laundering requirements by any banks prior to Brinks Mat. So the blokes who done it funnelled £10 million through a local branch, withdrawing £200k to £400k at a time. The branch manager (I think it was Barclays) kept asking Head Office what they should do, and they were told as long as they weren't exposed to any losses, to keep doing it bcos they were earning huge commission lol. They had to get special consignments of bank notes specifically for that branch to pay the large sums of money out And those special notes had a serial number that was not issued anywhere else so once the cops found out about this branch and learn about these notes they were able to follow the trail of money all over the world as it was laundered. It was after this that money laundering rules came in for banks.
As for the gold, that was melted down and sold on the legitimate gold market, a lot of it being sold back to the people they robbed it from Half of it is still unaccounted for. And they say if you bought any gold or gold jewellery since the mid 1980's chances are it has Brinks Mat gold in it.
Pleasantly surprised how accurate The Gold series was to actual events.
What's incredible is the repercussions of the robbery for the gold and the money made and laundered. It was pretty much a seminal moment in UK crime.
The millions made from it funded the development of the Docklands, it created the Timeshare scams in Spain, and literally kickstarted the import of Ecstasy into the UK from America and the rave scene
There were no money laundering requirements by any banks prior to Brinks Mat. So the blokes who done it funnelled £10 million through a local branch, withdrawing £200k to £400k at a time. The branch manager (I think it was Barclays) kept asking Head Office what they should do, and they were told as long as they weren't exposed to any losses, to keep doing it bcos they were earning huge commission lol. They had to get special consignments of bank notes specifically for that branch to pay the large sums of money out
And those special notes had a serial number that was not issued anywhere else so once the cops found out about this branch and learn about these notes they were able to follow the trail of money all over the world as it was laundered. It was after this that money laundering rules came in for banks.As for the gold, that was melted down and sold on the legitimate gold market, a lot of it being sold back to the people they robbed it from
Half of it is still unaccounted for. And they say if you bought any gold or gold jewellery since the mid 1980's chances are it has Brinks Mat gold in it.Operation Fortune 7.8/10
Latest Guy Ritchie film. Nowhere near his best work but still a thoroughly enjoyable romp.
Hugh Grant very good. Josh Hartnett surprisingly good, plays the hollywood star out of his depth very well. Jason Statham being errr Jason Statham.
Latest Guy Ritchie film. Nowhere near his best work but still a thoroughly enjoyable romp.
Hugh Grant very good. Josh Hartnett surprisingly good, plays the hollywood star out of his depth very well. Jason Statham being errr Jason Statham.
got abused by ****philes and everyone ignored it and carried on as normal watching films like nothing is wrong