2009 · action · thriller · crime
Thick as Thieves
Directed by Mimi Leder1h 44m2009
A master thief recruits a notorious thief to help him steal two famous Faberge eggs from an impenetrable vault in an effort to pull off one final job and repay his debt to the Russian mob.
Our read: Thick as Thieves (2009) reads as a sombre, breathless, grounded action · thriller · crime entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, measured action / thriller, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- brisk
- cold
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