Entertainment Blog #357 | Tower Heist [2011] : Robbing the Boss...

There have been so many "පිරමිඩ" startups in Sri Lanka. All these start with a beautiful fairy but you come to the reality when the ලොකු බොස් leaves with all the money. MTFE is one of the biggest recent scams I've witnessed. Think you and your friends have been scammed and you know who the scammer is and where the scammed money is what would you do?

"Tower Heist" is a #heist #action #comedy #movie that was released back in 2011. I didn't like the initial impression but the box office record kinda got me. It had accumulated $150+ million against $75 million budget, quite a good ROI. The movie stars Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Casey Affleck, and Michael Peña.

The story revolves around Josh Kovaks, the building manager of this high-end apartment complex, "The Tower". One of the owners of this building is Arthur Shaw, a Wall Street billionaire. But he has been investing his workers' pensions with their consent. He has told them that he could give 10 times the money than the investment, so they haven't hesitated. And the other thing, the owners

But things started to crack when Mr. Shaw was arrested by the FBI when he was faking a kidnapping of himself. He was bailed and put on house arrest. And that's when the workers heard about the scam of Mr Shaw. One by one, they stood up saying they let Mr Shaw invest their pension money.

That day, Lester, a doorman of The Tower who was about to retire in 4 months, attempted suicide but was saved by a policeman. This news hit Josh so hard, and he wanted to do something. He confronted Mr Shaw and ended up being fired. But it's all true. Mr Shaw is a scammer.

According to the police, $20 million of the scammed money is missing. And Josh thinks the money is in Mr Shaw's penthouse. So he gathers some reliable workers from The Tower to execute "The Tower Heist". So how will it go? Will they find the money as thought? Will they get away with it? It's up to you to find out.