Joe Loya is a professional bank robber and is addicted to the adrenaline of power. Despite being caught after his first bank job, Loya becomes a victim of "the rush."
Once out on parole, Joe robs close to 40 banks, and takes over $250,000. Joe lives a double life, one as a charmer and ladies man, the other as a hardworking parolee. But after 13 months of successful robberies, Loya's luck runs out when one robbery goes wrong. It's the latest in money tracking technology that leads investigators to Loya and ends his spree.
There was a slew of real-life takeover bank robberies right after the movie Heist, with everyone made to lie
down so the thieves could get straight to the money. But passing a note is still the most common method in the States, followed by telling the cashier Give me the money or Ill blow your head off!
I used notes for my first two robberies, then realised they were a distraction.