Is this offering from Netflix will deal with 3 crimes and each is told in two parts so six episodes. Each episode actual time is about 45 mins. In the time it takes to watch just one episode you could do an quick internet search will you learn more then was revealed in both episodes as told by Netflix. You will also be spared the bad acting and horrid music that is added. As I write this there are 3 other review and I can not see how 2 out of the 3 watched the same show.
The first crime is. Roberto Solis who was convicted of robbery and murder and sentenced to life behind bars. However while in prison he wrote some poetry which got some some good press and he was granted parole! He encounters Heather Tallchief who is out of work due to a crack cocaine habit. They settle in Las Vegas where she gets a job driving an armored car. When Roberto starts making plans to rob the company with Heather's help. In October of 1993 their robber of 3 million dollars happens. We hear this from Heather's side only. Like most Netflix documentaries they pulled in her coworkers who think it was funny how this happened. The actress who pretending to be Tallchief is overly giddy or stoned or perhaps both I am not sure. You are given interviews of agents who worked the case and some may then wonders how they even got a job in law enforcement. After the robbery the pair ended up living in Amsterdam where she gets pregnant and after giving birth decides she no longer wants to be with Roberto. After 12 years she makes arrangements to turn herself in back in Las Vegas. While Roberto is still at large. Heather gets off fairly light since she turned herself in and blamed Roberto for leading her into a life of crime. She was later sentenced to sixty-three months in prison and in June 2010, she was released on parole. The last shots are of the real Heather with her face obscured who Roberto is now dead in case he is not she says please not to let him know where she is. Well I can say to that is why is putting this out on Netflix where it will he aired around the world. I guess she will blame Netflix if Roberto finds her like she blamed Roberto for her being an outlaw.
The second set is.called the The Money Plane about Karls Monzon who assembled a crew family and friends who are Cuban Refugees and planed a heist at the Miami International Airport using ideas he got by studying TV shows. Once again Netflix has one main speaker not speaking English last month same was done another documentary about a French woman who was had a home in Ireland was killed there. A good portion of the show was French with no onscreen translation or dubbed in to English. This time it is Spanish that it spoken so any thing said by Karls Monzon says was in Spanish with no onscreen translation or dubbed in English. Lets just says watching TV shows might have inspired Karls Monzon to plan and do his robbery, however like in most TV shows in the end crooks are all caught. Of the 7 million dollars that was stolen only about 1.5 million was recovered.
The third set is called The Bourbon King about Toby Curtsinger who enlists his pals in a scheme to steal the world's most expensive bourbon Pappy Van Winkle. This tale is told in a good ol' boy way since it took place in Kentucky. The music used in this set makes it almost impossible to watch. There was no actual money stolen just the bourbon. Which in itself was of a great value. However Toby now is local legend now and many say thanks to him the bourbon is worth even more now cause of the coverage it got!
I will say if you like good true crime shows avoid things on Netflix and stick to Investigation. Discovery or Oxygen. Also the UK has really good shows about true crime even better them many scripted TV show about crime such those by Dick Wolf. Far superior shows on all levels then things on Netflix which are geared to those who are less then 25 years in age.
The first crime is. Roberto Solis who was convicted of robbery and murder and sentenced to life behind bars. However while in prison he wrote some poetry which got some some good press and he was granted parole! He encounters Heather Tallchief who is out of work due to a crack cocaine habit. They settle in Las Vegas where she gets a job driving an armored car. When Roberto starts making plans to rob the company with Heather's help. In October of 1993 their robber of 3 million dollars happens. We hear this from Heather's side only. Like most Netflix documentaries they pulled in her coworkers who think it was funny how this happened. The actress who pretending to be Tallchief is overly giddy or stoned or perhaps both I am not sure. You are given interviews of agents who worked the case and some may then wonders how they even got a job in law enforcement. After the robbery the pair ended up living in Amsterdam where she gets pregnant and after giving birth decides she no longer wants to be with Roberto. After 12 years she makes arrangements to turn herself in back in Las Vegas. While Roberto is still at large. Heather gets off fairly light since she turned herself in and blamed Roberto for leading her into a life of crime. She was later sentenced to sixty-three months in prison and in June 2010, she was released on parole. The last shots are of the real Heather with her face obscured who Roberto is now dead in case he is not she says please not to let him know where she is. Well I can say to that is why is putting this out on Netflix where it will he aired around the world. I guess she will blame Netflix if Roberto finds her like she blamed Roberto for her being an outlaw.
The second set is.called the The Money Plane about Karls Monzon who assembled a crew family and friends who are Cuban Refugees and planed a heist at the Miami International Airport using ideas he got by studying TV shows. Once again Netflix has one main speaker not speaking English last month same was done another documentary about a French woman who was had a home in Ireland was killed there. A good portion of the show was French with no onscreen translation or dubbed in to English. This time it is Spanish that it spoken so any thing said by Karls Monzon says was in Spanish with no onscreen translation or dubbed in English. Lets just says watching TV shows might have inspired Karls Monzon to plan and do his robbery, however like in most TV shows in the end crooks are all caught. Of the 7 million dollars that was stolen only about 1.5 million was recovered.
The third set is called The Bourbon King about Toby Curtsinger who enlists his pals in a scheme to steal the world's most expensive bourbon Pappy Van Winkle. This tale is told in a good ol' boy way since it took place in Kentucky. The music used in this set makes it almost impossible to watch. There was no actual money stolen just the bourbon. Which in itself was of a great value. However Toby now is local legend now and many say thanks to him the bourbon is worth even more now cause of the coverage it got!
I will say if you like good true crime shows avoid things on Netflix and stick to Investigation. Discovery or Oxygen. Also the UK has really good shows about true crime even better them many scripted TV show about crime such those by Dick Wolf. Far superior shows on all levels then things on Netflix which are geared to those who are less then 25 years in age.