# Can you ID this movie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 28, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-movie/461576 "2008-08-28T17:18:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-movie/461576/1 "2008-08-28T17:18:09Z")
Sorry I can’t give you much to go on. It’s maybe 5-10 years old. It’s about a bank robbery, with the robbers as the protagonists. They either have no guns, or fake guns. It’s probably a comedy, in the vein of Ocean’s Eleven or The Italian Job. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-movie/461576/2 "2008-08-28T17:22:06Z")
Is it American? Any idea who’s in it? ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-movie/461576/3 "2008-08-28T17:24:16Z")
Could you be thinking of [this film](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandits)? _Bandits_ ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-movie/461576/4 "2008-08-28T17:24:30Z")
Any more of the plot? Was the target a bank, an armored car, a casino, a reclusive billionaire? Does the robbery succeed or not? Any plot twists, holes, doublecrosses, car chases, love interests? Drug usage, nudity, violence? How funny _was_ it, for a caper movie–Martin Lawrence Funny, or Eddie Murphy Beverly Hills Cop Funny? Male or female protagonists? Blonde, brunette, redhead? Black, white, Hong Kong? Starring? A-list people, B-list people, direct-to-video people, porn-stars-branching-out people? In English, French, Chinese? Dubbed or subtitles? See, you know more than you think you do, Grasshopper. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-movie/461576/5 "2008-08-28T17:30:18Z")
I will ask about Bandits. I heard about this movie from someone who has a basic inability to remember any sorts of details about movies whatsoever. I got the impression that it’s an American film, though. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-movie/461576/6 "2008-08-28T17:39:10Z")
It might be _Airheads_, which is about a loser metal band that takes a radio station hostage to force them to play their demo tape on the air. They use realistic looking squirtguns when they take the place over. Stars Brendan Fraser and Adam Sandler. Pretty funny, over all. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-movie/461576/7 "2008-08-28T17:39:16Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] I heard about this movie from someone who has a basic inability to remember any sorts of details about movies whatsoever. [/QUOTE] _Bandits_ is pretty forgettable, FWIW. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-movie/461576/8 "2008-08-28T18:07:14Z")
How about _Sneakers_? They test bank’s security systems. Then the plot switches to involve a chip that decode anything that has been encrypted. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-movie/461576/9 "2008-08-28T18:13:53Z")
Was it the one with Bill Murray dressed as a clown? _Quick Change_: [Quick Change (1990) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100449/) ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-movie/461576/10 "2008-08-28T21:07:14Z")
[QUOTE=control-z] Was it the one with Bill Murray dressed as a clown? [/QUOTE] Definitely not that, as that was another movie we discussed in the same conversation. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-movie/461576/11 "2008-08-28T21:34:19Z")
Could it be the remake of [The Ladykillers](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0335245/) with Tom Hanks? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-movie/461576/12 "2008-08-28T23:00:19Z")
It sounds like _Snatch_ – there is a bit with some bank robbers in it, as I recall. “How come your gun says Replica and mine says Desert Eagle point five o?” ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-movie/461576/13 "2008-08-28T23:30:49Z")
If the OP’s friend can’t give a better description than that of _Snatch_, I’d check for brain damage. Sammy Jankis could remember _Snatch_. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-movie/461576/14 "2008-08-28T23:42:21Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] Sorry I can’t give you much to go on. It’s maybe 5-10 years old. It’s about a bank robbery, with the robbers as the protagonists. They either have no guns, or fake guns. It’s probably a comedy, in the vein of Ocean’s Eleven or The Italian Job. [/QUOTE] The first movie that brings to my mind is [Inside Man](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0454848/). It had Clive Owen and Willen Dafoe. Could that be it? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-movie/461576/15 "2008-08-29T13:30:22Z")
[QUOTE=Justin Credible] The first movie that brings to my mind is [Inside Man](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0454848/). It had Clive Owen and Willen Dafoe. Could that be it? [/QUOTE] It’s called Inside Job. An IMDB search turns up a bunch of movies with that name, and none of the descriptions sound right. I bet it is Inside Man. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-movie/461576/16 "2008-09-02T15:44:46Z")
Much older than that (1989, to be precise) but [Disorganized Crime](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097211/) was the first film to come to mind. Far funnier than any film involving Corbin Bernsen ought to be.