Prime Video's headline premiere this Friday is Masterplan, a French-Italian heist film with a wonderfully cheeky premise: Stanley Tucci as a legendary thief plotting to steal the Mona Lisa. The global Prime Original arrives on October 16, and it gives Tucci a chance to play the charming mastermind at the center of an elaborate art theft. Few setups are this instantly appealing — a stolen masterpiece, a veteran star, and a plan that is definitely going to go sideways.

The twist comes when Tucci's thief recruits two strangers to help pull off the job, only to reveal that they are actually his long-lost children. Family therapy would have been cheaper, but it would not have made for nearly as entertaining a movie. Simona Tabasco and Victor Belmondo co-star as the unlikely recruits, and the emotional stakes of the reunion are woven through the heist mechanics.

The cross-border production gives the film a distinctly European flavor, with the heist-comedy genre getting a fresh coat of Mediterranean style. Heist films live or die on their ensemble chemistry and the cleverness of the central scheme, and a Mona Lisa theft raises the bar higher than a bank vault ever could. The Louvre's most famous resident has been stolen in fiction before, but rarely by a team this dysfunctional.

For Tucci, the role is a fitting showcase for the wry charisma he has refined over decades of scene-stealing parts. It also continues the year's run of star-driven international originals on streaming platforms, a trend we have been tracking across our streaming and adaptation coverage. Viewers who follow big-swing studio plans may also want to read about Sony's bold rollout strategy for its Beatles films.

Masterplan premieres globally on Prime Video on October 16, making it the weekend's easiest watch for anyone in the mood for a caper. The film joins a crowded Friday slate of streaming premieres, including Netflix's Sacrifice and Apple TV's Tenzing, which means the heist will need to be genuinely clever to stand out. Early buzz around Tucci's performance suggests it might be.

Whether you watch it for the art-world scheming or the family-reunion twist, Masterplan looks like the kind of crowd-pleaser that streaming services were built for. If the execution matches the premise, expect it to sit comfortably in Prime Video's most-watched rows through the weekend. And for fans of ambitious new releases this season, our roundup of the season's boldest trailer reveals is worth a browse.