One last big job

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One last big job is a movie cliché. In it, a team of criminals are gathered together for a final caper that will make their fortunes, and take them away from a life of crime forever. Usually, the added risk combined with the promise of an ideal life once the job is done provide for a natural element of suspense. The story of the movie then follows the execution of the job, or, if in the beginning, the Job goes horribly wrong, with the movie that follows dealing with the actions of the survivor(s).

Movies featuring the "one last big job" motif include:

• City of Industry
• The Fast and the Furious
• Heat
• Heist
• The Italian Job
• The Killing
• Layer Cake
• Ocean's Eleven
• One Last Score
• The Score
• Set It Off
• Sexy Beast
• The Usual Suspects
• Welcome to Collinwood
• The Wild Bunch
• Out of Sight
• Jackie Brown
• Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead
• A Fish Called Wanda