Movie Review: ‘Crime 101' is a middle of the road L.A. heist movie, with ‘Heat’ around the corner

Mădălin Mihai

Bart Layton’s “Crime 101” is a “Heat” pastiche that, even if it falls well shy of its Michael Mann blueprint, has some basic appeal going for it. Los Angeles crime movies are fun. Chris Hemsworth looks good in a suit. And we’re all suckers for savvy criminals with good escape routes. Just as Robert De Niro’s Neil McCauley strategized along L.A.'s asphalt arteries in “Heat,” Mike Davis (Hemsworth) works exclusively up and down the 101 freeway. Near its exit ramps, he hits high-value targets with