211

211 (released in some territories as Code 211 or The Bank Heist) is a 2018 American crime-action film directed by York Shackleton and written by Shackleton and John Rebus. The film stars Nicolas Cage, Dwayne Cameron, Alexandra Dinu, Michael Rainey Jr., Sophie Skelton and Ori Pfeffer. The film was released on June 8, 2018, by Momentum Pictures. Very loosely based on the 1997 North Hollywood shootout, the plot follows a police officer and a teenager who are locked in a violent shootout with heavily-armed bank robbers. Filming began in Bulgaria on February 27, 2018 and concluded on April 27, 2018. "211" refers to the California Penal Code for robbery, although the film is set in Massachusetts, which does not use that number. 211 received mostly negative reviews on release and earned $1.1 million at the box office. Plot In Afghanistan, disgruntled and ruthless mercenaries Tre, Rob, Luke, and Hyde torture a war profiteer who owes them money. Before they kill him, he discloses it has been wired to a bank in the city of Chesterford, Massachusetts. Interpol Agent Rossi is reassigned from an operation in Kabul to investigate the mercenaries.