How one of the best action movies of the 90s affected Redoin Fide

An armored car, an ambush, robbers armed with heavy weapons and hockey masks…

Contrary to what one might think, this scene does not take place on the big screen with Robert De Niro and Val Kilmer, but in the suburbs of Paris in July 1997. That day, in Wilpent, an armored car carrying tickets. by masked criminals armed with explosives that they will use if the conveyors do not cooperate.

If the way the criminals operate (and especially their masks) immediately brings to mind the famous script of Heat – Michael Mann’s famous film that was released two years earlier – it is precisely because the operator of the operation, Redoin Fayed, was greatly inspired. with a feature film to rob him.

The famous criminal, who is now on trial in Paris for his escape from the Reo prison in 2018, did say a few years ago in the presence of Michael Mann at the Cinematheque that the director’s works were of great importance in his life. and served him, in particular, as documents for the preparation of some of his steps (see below).

“(…) I’m a former gangster, unfortunately, I don’t brag about it. I served ten years in prison. They attacked armored cars, jewelry stores”It began by recalling Redoin Fide.

“I’ve known Michael Mann for twenty years, I discovered him with The Thief, and with a group of friends we watched his films as reports, like documentaries. (…). Recently, journalists asked me: “You know, you had a great criminal career and you created it yourself, you are self-taught.” I said no, I had a technical advisor, a college professor, sort of a mentor, and his name is Michael Mann.”

in the interview point In 2010, following the publication of his autobiography, Redoin Fayed confirmed his fascination with the famous thriller (which was one of the most famous ever made):

“Heat, I saw it seven times in the cinema, a hundred times on DVD, to memorize the scene of the van robbery that served as my first attack on the conveyor belts. As in the movie, we used hockey masks. players.”

Michael Mann’s film is not the first to inspire a criminal. Indeed, during the 1995 bank robbery, Redouin Fayed and his accomplices wore masks bearing the likeness of politicians such as François Mitterrand or Michel Rocard, exactly the same as Patrick Swayze and his accomplices in Point Break (which was worn by ex-U.S. faces of presidents). .

In 2013, Redouin Fayed was arrested again on suspicion of involvement in a new armed attack that led to the death of a police officer. He is currently being tried in 2018 for the second break from imprisonment. Its repetition is punishable for life.

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