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Of course, at his peak, he was a rather remarkable thief too -- or were the Canadian authorities utterly clueless, which is what allowed him to break the Canadian record for consecutive bank robberies?
But with Robert’s notoriety growing in record time, he is put into the direct sights of a ruthless detective (Nestor Carbonell) who will stop at nothing to bring him down.
Tommy convinces Robert there is more money in jewelery than in banks and drags him into the biggest jobs in the country's history. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.
But now a tough cop, Detective John Snydes, is hot on the trail of the man who has become the most successful bank robber in Canadian history. was a compulsive liar who hid his true identity from his Canadian wife, Janice, even after he finally revealed to her that he was robbing banks. While treading in familiar cat-and-mouse territory, this is still a true-crime thriller that's actually thrilling. Duhamel is charismatic, at times surprisingly funny too, and sells his character and his story quite well.
This is not a documentary nor was it written to be one, but if you look online for facts about the flying bandit, they managed to be much more accurate than most movies "based on true events". It doesn't take long for Whiteman to discover that he has an incredible talent for robbing banks, and will eventually rob 59 banks all over Canada. Quiver Films will release on Blu-ray Allan Ungar's Bandit (2022), starring Josh Duhamel, Mel Gibson, Elisha Cuthbert, Nestor Carbonell, and Olivia d'Abo.