Kevin Hart New Netflix Movie ‘Lift’ Opens with NFT Heist

Comedian and actor Kevin Hart just released a new action-packed movie that hit Netflix on January 12th.

While the film has been getting abysmal reviews, there is one thing about that has Crypto Twitter (X) talking: A large chunk of $100 million dollar film directed by F. Gary Gray (Friday, The Italian Job, Straight Outta Compton) is dedicated to the theft of a high-value non-fungible token.

The opening scene takes place at an art auction in Venice, where the main attraction is an NFT from an anonymous digital artist called N8.

“The digital artist has remained anonymous throughout his career. But today he’s here to auction off a single-edition NFT,” the auctioneer says to start the film. The NFT mask “is comprised of 482 cameras — this mask will create the NFT.

Inspired by Vincent Van Gogh, the digital art piece will be generated from a live 30-second feed. Once complete, the NFT will have captured the moment of its sale, which will include the buyer.”

In other words, it’s a dynamic NFT. After a series of “oohs” and “ahhs” from attendees, Cyrus Walker (Hart) opens the bidding at $12 million. Eventually he wins the auction for $20 million, and that is when the plot thickens.

Cyrus Walker is the leader of a band of thieves that claim to be art aficionados, and this is their first time stealing an NFT. To increase its value, they’ve hatched a complicated plot to not only steal the NFT, but to kidnap the artist as well. Once news break that the NFT artist has been kidnapped, Walker and his team quickly sell the NFT for a whopping $89 million.

The logic? The high-profile kidnapping has given the NFT an incredible back story, and now its value in the art world has increased significantly.