高科技抢劫的神话

The film industry would have you believe that thieves have a boundless technological tool kit. By Adam Rogers Making a movie is a lot like pulling off a heist. That’s what Steven Soderbergh— director of the Ocean’s franchise, among other heist-y classics—said a few years ago. You come up with a creative angle, put together a team of specialists, figure out how to beat the technological challenges, rehearse, move with Swiss-watch preci- sion, and—if you do it right—redistribute some wealth. That could describe either the plot or the making of Ocean’s Eleven. But conversely, pulling off a heist isn’t much like the movies. Surveillance cam- eras, computer-controlled alarms, knock- out gas, and lasers hardly ever feature in big-ticket crime. …