Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Italian Job, The (2003)
- Dir. F. Gary Gray
Feat. Mark Wahlberg, Edward Norton, Charlize Theron… - The 60s heist classic, madeover with an attractive young cast and hi–tech savvy, but with the fleet of getaway Minis intact. Vowing revenge…
Good Thief, The (2002)- Dir. Neil Jordan
Feat. Nick Nolte, Ralph Fiennes - This woozy, lightly stylised thriller finds Nick Nolte as the titular gambling thief looking to go into retirement by heisting expensive paintings…
Hard Word, The (2002)- Dir. Scott Roberts
Feat. Guy Pearce, Rachel Griffiths, Damien Richardson… - A lean comic thriller taking its attitude from LOCK STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS, but given stubbled Aussie charm by leads Guy Pearce and Rachel…
Kaante (Thorns) (2002)- Dir. Sanjay Gupta
Feat. Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Shetty - From a new generation of Bollywood film–making comes a kinetic heist picture, shot and located in LA in which six Indian suspects plot a…
Stick Up, The (2002)- Dir. Rowdy Herrington
Feat. James Spader, David Keith, Leslie Stefanson - James Spader robs a small–town bank wearing a clown mask, in this heist thriller with a few noir pretensions. Another one that has fallen…
Welcome to Collinwood (2002)- Dir. Joe Russo, Anthony Russo
Feat. William H. Macy, Isaiah Washington, Sam Rockwell… - A comic 'heist' satire in which Luis Guzman and his girlfriend land in a snowballing mess when trying to spring him from prison to do a big…
Heist (2001)- Dir. David Mamet
Feat. Gene Hackman, Ricky Jay, Delroy Lindo… - The heisting of Swiss–Bank bullion by professional thieves Gene Hackman, Ricky Jay and Delroy Lindo is given enjoyably intricate spins by…
High Heels and Low Lifes (2001)- Dir. Mel Smith
Feat. Minnie Driver, Mary McCormack, Michael Gambon - Down–at–heels Minnie Driver and Mary McCormack decide to crash a heist they’ve stumbled onto by blackmailing their way into some of the…
Ocean's Eleven (Ocean's 11) (2001)- Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Feat. George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts… - Remodelling the not–so–great ‘Rat Pack’ original from 1960, dir. Soderbergh slickens his heist thriller with a spot–on sense of…
Score, The (2001)- Dir. Frank Oz
Feat. Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, Edward Norton… - Slick but perfunctory caper–comedy with Marlon Brando luring heist–specialist Robert De Niro into a ‘big score’ with Edward…
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