‘Lift’ Review: Kevin Hart Ratchets Up His Action Star Cred In Netflix Heist Film That Is Ludicrously Entertaining

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After parodying his attempts to become an action movie star in the Quibi/Roku short film series Die Hart (later compiled into a Amazon Prime feature), Kevin Hart goes for the gold in the genre and attempts to do the real thing in Lift, an absurdly ridiculous, over the top, but still entertaining heist movie that strains credibility at every turn – but who cares because it’s got Hart.

The latest bloated Netflix star-driven action epic on the scale of Red Notice and The Gray Man, this one has our star as master art thief Cyrus Whitaker whom we meet with his team trying to pull off one of their signature thefts at a Venice Italy auction house involving an NFT (just to keep this as contemporary as they come), leading to a wild boat chase all over the colorful canals, but not ending well for the gang.

But just when you think they are down a bigger job comes their way in the form of an enlistment by Interpol agent Abby Gladwell (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), who previously has had her own trying experiences with Cyrus in Paris and isn’t in the mood for more.

But her boss, Dennis Huxley (Sam Worthington) insists that a get out of jail card is worth the price to get them to retrieve $500 million in gold bars being used as terrorist payoffs by evil investment banker Lars Jorgensen (Jean Reno) who has big and dangerous plans.