Then we move on to the first of 12 days following the heist. At Zurich police headquarters, FBI special agent Jack Strickland (Anthony Mackie) receives information about Paul, whom he has been pursuing for some time. “I can deliver it to you,” says a text message to Jack. “During the New Year holiday, an American-led gang is going to steal $800 million in Swiss franc notes,” he tells his Swiss counterpart, Lena (Sallie Harmsen). He just doesn’t know where the crime will take place.
As they head to a bank with an alarm that keeps going off, seemingly for no reason, we learn that Jack was part of the FBI team that handled Paul’s truck robbery in Newark – and he made a bad call that resulted in the death of an agent. Today, he is sure to be on the verge of dismantling “the biggest bank heist in European history”.
The bank guards don’t let them in – which seems to be normal there – so Lena leaves. But Jack explores a nearby cathedral and, after seeing water vibrating in a bucket, makes his way into a room that has access to the nearby subway tunnel. After going down and narrowly avoiding being run over by a passing train, Jack realizes “It’s happening now!” As he continues down the tunnel, he finds the dead and bloodied body of Paul’s drilling operator.
The safe has been breached and when Jack goes inside he realizes that it has been cleaned out. As he shouts his frustration: he missed the job! – he is surprised to see Paul enter the safe. There’s a bit of banter about how Jack and his guys call Jack “The Holy Spirit”, but then he runs off and Jack quickly follows.
Meanwhile, Lena talks to some uniformed police officers who have stopped in front of the bank and quickly realizes that they are impostors. They flee in their looted patrol car, and she follows them in her car, pursuing them through the tight turns and tiny alleys of Zurich. Eventually, she plays chicken with the criminals’ car and loses, with her car flipped onto its roof and the thieves fleeing.
Meanwhile, Jack chases Paul FOREVER and finally corners him… only to realize that the man in the knit hat he’s chasing is actually Séverine’s father, Serge (José Garcia) – there was a switcheroo at some point! Jack uses Serge’s phone to call Paul. “You stole from me, Galvin,” Jack said to the surprised man on the other end of the line. “Now you’ll know what it feels like.”
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