Esposito’s Leo Pap is the mastermind behind the “Kaleidoscope” heist, leading a crew of thieves: Ava the weapons specialist (Paz Vega), Judy the explosives expert (Rosaline Elbay), Bob the safecracker (Jai Courtney), Stan the smuggler (Peter Mark Kendall), and RJ the driver (Jordan Mendoza). In total, the show spans 25 years and is loosely inspired by a real-life story in which $70 billion in bonds went missing in downtown Manhattan during Hurricane Sandy. In fact, each Netflix user’s viewing experience will be completely different, with the streaming service suggesting the next episode you watch in a random order. And in this particular case, that gimmick is that (except for a brief introduction titled “Black” and the finale titled “White: The Heist”) the series can be viewed in random order. The selling point of Netflix’s new heist limited series - aside from it being a heist show that stars Giancarlo Esposito - essentially has to be its gimmick. And Netflix’s new series “Kaleidoscope” fits that bill, but with a twist. When everything comes together, without fail, even the most rudimentary heist films and shows are still successes because seeing the full picture and re-contextualizing everything is always satisfying. Because when it comes to the heist genre, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. A movie like the blue-collar-tinged “Logan Lucky,” for example, wouldn’t be described as sleek - and perhaps not the same type of “aspirational” presentation of the criminal lifestyle that something like Soderbergh’s “Ocean’s” franchise is all about - but at the same time, it’s comforting for the same reasons as other heist media are. The heist genre is always interesting because, despite its typically sleek, stylized nature, it usually brings a sense of comfort to the viewer.
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