Kevin Hart and the Lift cast talk 2024's first big Netflix movie: "Sometimes the director was a little nervous at how far we went"

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Lift isn’t your standard heist movie. The trademarks of the genre – a slick ensemble (here led by Kevin Hart), impossible odds, and a deliciously evil target (ruthless banker Jorgensen, played by Jean Reno) – are all present but, as Hart tells GamesRadar+, there are a few more wildcards to help set it apart from its sticky-fingered peers.

"Of course, the play on the NFT," Hart explains on how Lift immediately separates itself from an ever-popular heist genre inside the first 10 minutes with an ultra-contemporary target. "Also, the idea of the heist taking place in the air was a really creative concept, right? We’re no stranger to heist movies at this point, we’ve seen a lot of them in our time, so when you can find something to hold on to that adds the context of ‘new’, I think that’s good."

Hart continues, "Our writers and creators who were all part of this process did a good job of giving us something different to hold on to and base the movie around. The gold being on the plane in the sky and having to take the plane and have the crazy plan attached to it? I think it all was great."

Yes, that’s right: Hart’s smooth-talking Cyrus assembles a crack team to steal gold from a plane while the plane is still in the air. 

Joining him on the mile-high heist is Loki’s Gugu-Mbatha Raw, who plays Interpol agent, Abby, master of disguise Denton (Vincent D’Onofrio), wheelwoman Camila (Ursula Corbero), tech expert Mi-Sun (Yun Jee Kim), and the safecracking – and wisecracking – Magnus, played by Billy Magnussen.

Lift, inevitably, makes the most of its scenes at 30,000 feet – including purpose-built practical sets to allow the actors to really make the most of its premise. It’s all bolstered by director F. Gary Gray, who has heist