2016 · crime · thriller · survival
To Steal from a Thief
Directed by Daniel Calparsoro1h 36m2016
Valencia, Spain. On a rainy morning, six armed men in disguise assault a bank. But what seemed like an easy heist, quickly goes wrong with nothing unfolding as planned, and mistrust quickly builds between the two leaders of the gang.
Our read: To Steal from a Thief (2016) reads as a sombre, breathless, grounded crime · thriller · survival entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, measured crime / thriller, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- kinetic
- intense
- cold
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