What is Lift about?
An international heist crew, led by Cyrus Whitaker, race to lift $500 million in gold from a passenger plane at 40,000 feet.
Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)
Yes. It lands on a happy note.
A high-octane heist crew races to snatch $500 million in gold from a plane mid-flight.
Pulpy and crowd-pleasing, with big broad humor. A party watch at a brisk pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on Netflix.
Lift parents guide
It stays inside its PG-13, with no sex or nudity and some strong language.
Our estimate: fine from about 13. Rated PG-13.
- Scare
- Not scary
- Jump scares
- None noted
- Gore
- No gore
- Violence
- Some violence
- Some fighting or peril.
- Sex and nudity
- None noted
- Language
- Moderate
- Some strong profanity, a few f-words.
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Cast and crew
Directed byF. Gary Gray
StarringKevin Hart, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Sam Worthington, Vincent D'Onofrio, Úrsula Corberó, Jean Reno
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