COLD WALLET is a thriller about three friends who are scammed in the cryptocurrency market decide to do a home invasion and force them to get their money back. Of course it all goes horribly wrong.
This is a solid, if small scale thriller that is getting notice because Steven Soderbergh is presenting it. I’m not sure what he found so thrilling about the film that he felt the need to help promote it but he has.
My uncertainty about the great director’s attachment to the project aside, this is a good thriller. It’s a high tech game with the robbers trying to crack the encryption so they can get the cash out. That doesn’t always make for the most exciting of scenes as people are frequently typing or talking at screens (forgive me I’m not a fan of films with people at screens). That said the action bits do pop to life.
While I enjoyed the film, it never really soars. Partly it’s the slow down when people are at computers and part is this is a little bit too much by the numbers. We’ve seen variations on this tale, just not involving computers.
Worth a look on a quiet night.
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