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Another heist movie with a lilliputian bit of humor. Why not? If I had to choose between the Sea's heist movies and The Fine art of the Steal I would go for this one. Information technology's basically the same, a heist explained by a narrating vocalization, simply this time with a touch of humor. Non that you lot volition laugh a lot or so, well at least I didn't, but it was an piece of cake movie to watch. Non also much complicated amusement for a laid dorsum motion-picture show night. The cast is proficient, the conversations between the 2 brothers played past Russell and Dillon are fun to watch. In the middle of the picture show I thought it was going down a bit but the end saved information technology all. There are plenty good twists to brand this movie better then the boilerplate heist picture show.
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Information technology'Southward Iv FOOT HIGH AND STARING YOU IN THE Confront
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It is 5 ane/two years subsequently Crunch (Kurt Russell) took the autumn for stolen art. He was ratted out past his brother Nicky (Matt Dillon). Afterward being apart, the old gang gets dorsum together for "1 final task."
Information technology is a simple art heist/argue story that offers you lot levels of complexity as the real story unfolds at the terminate, like to many fine "caput fake" films. Like well-nigh films of this genre, the production is filled with proficient characters and humor. It is a movie worth watching for fans of "Ocean'south Eleven" blazon films.
Parental Guide: F-bombs. No sex or nudity.
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It's non Danny Ocean caliber, but it is fun.
The Art of the Steal doesn't have the class of Ocean's Eleven, Guy Ritchie's eccentric bad boys, nor does it have the wry wit of In Bruges, merely it does take enough enthusiasm, convoluted plot, split- screen framing, and seasoned cast anchored by Kurt Russell and Terence Stamp to brand this dead-zone time of film year bearable until May.
This religious texts heist, however, does have some form—art to be specific—and the Seurat original, along with some Mona Lisa recollections, is the main object of the crime. Russell'due south Crunch Calhoun and Matt Dillon's half-blood brother Nicky do one terminal heist, a thriller mainstay that promises much will go incorrect before the denouement. Author- director Jonathan Sobol's double-crosses and cocky hooligans concluding to the twisted end for a real "final" one.
With Jay Baruchel playing the greenhorn, and therefore the vulnerable part of the plan, fun ensues as he questions the sanity of the plan's convoluted steps. Even more fun is watching a deadpan Terence Stamp play a federal informer whose British emphasis and considerable knowledge of fine art inform every suspenseful moment with the exotic, the cultural, and the dangerous.
Role of the joy is trying to figure out where his character fits in with the lawful and the unlawful. Not happy, however, is the over-the-top reactions of Jason Jones' Interpol agent, Bick. Blame director Jonathan Sobol for not seeing the chasm between this sophomoric operation and Stamp's nuanced plough.
Kurt Russell has been in showbiz for at to the lowest degree a half century, and while his face shows some wear, his actorly sensibilities are sharply delivered in a film whose comic moments and frequent plot twists offer a brief respite in a waning simply all the same ornery winter.
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Way ameliorate than expected
I decided to review this 1 because some of the other reviews are slightly miss leading. I do not pretend in whatever way to be a film critic... Just your every day regular movie goer/watcher, and as such I must acknowledge I really really enjoyed this ane. Information technology has enough twists and turns to keep you hooked till the end and delivers a nice sense of humor throughout the whole motion-picture show. Yeah, maybe the movie did attempt a bit too much to be a type of Guy Ritchie meets Bounding main'south Eleven, but I wouldn't necessarily say that's bad, and I wouldn't say information technology failed at it either. Bottom line, if y'all are considering watching it don't think it over too much, become for it and enjoy it, I guarantee it'll have you hooked into the first 10 minutes.
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Equally fun equally the Ocean's movies with a pay off that puts in almost on par with them. Heist fans volition love this. I did.
"If yous got no trust that what do you lot got?" Crisis (Russell) and Nicky (Dillon) are brothers and partners in crime. When a task goes bad and they are both defenseless only Crunch ends upwardly doing fourth dimension. When he gets out he tries to go direct and becomes a motorcycle daredevil. When he tires of crashing for a few hundred bucks he agrees to pull off one last heist with his erstwhile team. They only thing standing in their fashion of pulling off the perfect heist is trust. This motion picture was a great surprise for me. I knew nada well-nigh this going in and I think that helped my enjoyment of it. The movie was super fun to picket, really funny with a smart plot. This is the closest heist movie to the Ocean's series that has been made. Just like the Ocean's series the heist itself is fun to watch and the pay off brings it over the top. This is the kind of pic you can't say as well much about without giving anything away but what I tin can say is sentry this. One of the biggest surprises and funnest movies I have seen in a while. Overall, heist moving-picture show fans will love this...I did. I give this an A-.
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Robbing you blind
What a cast! I have to put that out there first. Matt Dillon, Kurt Russell, just as well Terence Postage stamp (every discussion he's proverb has such a weight and him going for comedy, is so slap-up). Actually everyone involved makes it await so effortless. Heist movies of course might not exist everyones thing and people might debate, that subsequently Oceans 11 (or the sequels), in that location is nix left to say.
Yes this may be predictable and may or may not brand much sense under scrutiny, just information technology is too fun to watch, twist and turn and get different directions, that it would be a shame for you not to enjoy it. And I tin can't stress out enough, that this also has a lot to do with the bandage involved. The script is adept, merely you have to take people deliver information technology. Every function is cast in a great way and this movie makes no secret that it wants to entertain y'all. It's not as wrangled up as "At present y'all run across me" (which is too better), but it doesn't have to be
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surprise! dainty 1!
Seldom writing reviews, but this ane deserved information technology... just because it got such a low rating.... the picture show fulfills the promise of the genre - it's a heist picture show, with a bit of comedy in information technology, and actually funny comedy... and information technology has interesting plot, with adept twist... the acting could exist improve, the photographic camera could be improve, the story could take been better...everything could accept been better, but and then it would be another movie. This movie deserves higher rating, if for no other reason, and so just considering information technology delivers the promised. information technology south not a masterpiece, it s just a good movie to watch when you want to be entertained... not many movies these days do so, and then i must say: bravo,finally!
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lower grade Guy Ritchie fashion
Motorbike rider Crunch Calhoun (Kurt Russell) is in a crew with his half-brother Nicky Calhoun (Matt Dillon), Paddy MacCarthy (Kenneth Welsh), and forger Guy (Chris Diamantopoulos). Their mark is Stash Bartkowiak who had a stolen Gauguin from an Oslo gallery. They are discovered and Nicky rats out Crunch. 7 years in a Shine prison (5 1/2 with good behavior) later, Crunch is out and out of crime for good. He's daredevil motorcycle riding working with his girlfriend Lola (Katheryn Winnick) and apprentice Francie Tobin (Jay Baruchel). Interpol Agent Bick (Jason Jones) is after a stolen Seurat with the help of informant Samuel Winter (Terence Stamp). Nicky outsmarts them and double cross Sunny who then threatens Crunch for his money. Crisis is pulled dorsum in with Nicky.
There are too many capers and too many complicated expositions. Writer/director Jonathan Sobol has pack this in with so many characters. It's a lower grade Guy Ritchie in Canada. He is starting to solidify his fashion along with 'A Beginner's Guide to Endings'. However this is a trivial bit also ambitious for him. Dillon-Russell anchors information technology with a complicated beautiful human relationship. There are some funny bits, some fun dialog, and a whole lot of fun-like wacky. There is a especially funny art piece. In the finish, it merely needs more comedy and a more simplified story.
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"It'south always nice to know who you can trust."
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Here'due south what I don't understand - for Crunch Calhoun (Kurt Russell) to brand more money taking dives as a motorbike stunt driver than to actually perform those crazy jumps successfully in front end of a packed stadium - that just doesn't pass the odor test for me. Mayhap I'k missing something there, but it just doesn't audio right.
Well anyhow, this is a scam the scammer flick in which the scammer and the scammed plow out to be brothers. Subsequently Crisis does difficult time for a heist gone wrong instead of blood brother Nicky (Matt Dillon), he's not willing to forgive and forget, and sets upwardly an elaborate plan to take Nicky out with the aid of career grifters, most notably Samuel Wintertime (Terence Stamp), now working for Interpol as their resident skilful on aesthetic dodges. What starts out as a scheme to steal and reproduce a famous Gutenberg piece of work, The Gospel of St. James, turns into an elaborate forgery of a famous Seurat painting. The nifty double cross is cleverly handled, but gets a fiddling lost in the weeds during the exposition, so keeping a sharp center on the action comes in handy. That scene of Dillon and Russell in the body of the car discussing the St. James potential was just a little to creepy, don't yous think? That was a lilliputian too shut even for brothers.
Then it's a neat caper flick with both brothers doing a double cantankerous, and it could take had a more more than meaningful resolution if nosotros found out where Nicky would be spending the next few years. Fifty-fifty and then, stick effectually for some humorous outtakes during the credits roll. It's your advantage for good behavior making information technology through the moving picture.
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Very much a caper/heist movie from north of the 48th, that y'all could like.
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This just doesn't happen plenty, and really information technology was the 80's in my opinion since Canada actually made a expert caper/heist movie. Nigh of this cast is Canadian, and meridian quality, it is a nice alter really to non have only one, or 2 big name Canadians, then just a lot of fresh faces. The story is very proficient. I recall they should go back, and prepare that one Flashback telephone call that the wording is dissimilar, and that would make this movie piece of work completely. The Double cross is predictable, just fulfilling, and a great scene with the gang standing in the cold really freezing their faces off. I got everything out of this movie that I want from any movie, the story kept my interest, the characters felt real, and fleshed out for the about function, and the ending has to work. Then with my needs met, I Enjoyed this one from the get-go Kurt Russell is great I want more Snake Plissken after seeing this. I do recommend this moving picture, and I hope it does really well, I mentioned that there is a major suspension in the reveal that needs to exist fixed, only it is notwithstanding a great pic, and if you lot miss the break all the better.
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Unexpectedly practiced
I didn't get into this with loftier hopes: information technology didn't take a good rating, I'd never heard of information technology, and it was in the backwaters of Netflix. Simply I was surprised by the quality of this movie. Information technology definitely had a few flaws, but overall a practiced experience. A nice, somewhat expected, twist, that flowed well and had nigh flawless execution. The acting was fairly good.
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Fantastic Heist Picture...proficient Twist ...Loved it!
If y'all beloved heist movies like me and then y'all volition love this one...without spoiling, it has all the ingredients for a good heist movie: protagonist is hard done by adversary; trust is burnt; work together again for a big score; tin they trust each other again? But what I like most this movies is the intricate story...there are things afoot and they're non twelve inches...Tin you piece of work it out? I had a rough thought without working out the details but I nonetheless loved it.... works much better than Now Yous See Me in my opinion...has a B form movie feel but an A grade kick in the pants at the stop...I do like Kurt Russell and Matt Dillon. And it is great to see Kenneth Welsh...A very Adept Movie...
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Did this even go to the motion-picture show theaters?
This was WAAAAYYYY better than what I thought it was going to be. There are very few movies I don't similar of Kurt Russell'southward but the rest of the cast was pretty awesome likewise. The comedy role that stood out to me was the banter of Terence Postage. Funny stuff there!
If you like Jay Baruchel'due south acting, yous'll get some great scenes with him too. Especially when he had the beard on at the border crossing. Wasn't any nudity that I could call up of which is always a bummer but good for the kids. While not action packed like Italian Job or movies of the sort, it was withal a great watch. Definitely stay for the end credits every bit at that place are some out takes.
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I similar the endeavour.
It seems like forever since I saw Kurt Russell in something. I virtually thought he was retired. And so I saw this at my local theater and realized Kurt is still rocking the one-time Snake Plissken hair style. That'south OK, acquired it works for him, and despite sporting the hair practise for more than thirty years, information technology makes him wait young and vibrate. Equally the championship suggest, Kurt plays an experience thief. More precise he's Crunch Calhoun, a bicycle man in a crew that likewise has his one-half-blood brother, Nicky Calhoun played past Matt Dillon as a fellow member and Idea man. On their last Heist, Nicky gets caught and rats on his blood brother to stay out of Jail.Later on serving his fourth dimension, Crunch becomes a struggling daredevil who gets pulled back into the game by his no expert brother, who stumbles upon the ultimate Fine art Heist. That's how the title of the film doubles its cleverness, their a crew of experience fine art thieves, but that'southward where the cleverness really stops. I don't know if information technology's because everyone played their roles so expressionless on or because everyone was phoning in their performances for a pay bank check, but the film is way too anticipated. The movie follows the heist formula to the letter, and attempts to throw you off the scent, especially with Jay Baruchel's character Francie, a thief who befriends Crunch at a fourth dimension when the human being was living on the up and up, and Katheryn Winnick who plays Crunch'south girlfriend, Lola whose character'due south agenda could have kept me on the border of my seat caused of a semi-love Triangle she created between Crisis and Nicky, but her grapheme would accept needed to be more than developed to achieve that. With the exception of Lola, The movie stands more often than not on how interesting the actors made the characters they played. Watching them interact with each other was the best function. Like with veteran player, Terrance Stamp playing a paroled ex-fine art thief forcefulness to piece of work with a bumbling Interpol agent assigned to catch the coiffure doing something wrong in order to win his liberty. It is worth taking a gander at just to run across Russell (and his hair), pal around with some interesting characters played by some decent actors, simply it's nothing to become out of your mode to meet.
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A real treat
What a great ride!
I'm Canadian, and cipher kills me more than (beingness a Canadian) than saying that in that location is an undeniably 'crappy' feel to well-nigh, if non all, Canadian productions. That being said, this movie was really really good. Cracking performances from most of the bandage, really not bad to see Kenneth Welsh and Terence Stamp adding some credibility to whole affair.
As far as heist movies go, this one is fairly typical simply the product/editing really pull it together. Kurt Russell does a great job forth with Baruchel and Winnick and my usual aversion to Matt Dillon was even kept in check to some degree. Nice piddling twist-upwards at the cease fifty-fifty if it was somewhat predictable. As well Some pretty funny scenes and exchanges, especially if you watch the outtakes in the credits.
All in all a slap-up pic with a surprisingly good feel.
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The highlight of the movie is only watching all of the cast having a blast together!
'THE ART OF THE STEAL': Three and a Half Stars (Out of V)
Buddy heist comedy flick starring an ensemble bandage headed by Kurt Russell. Matt Dillon, Jay Baruchel, Chris Diamantopoulos, Kenneth Welsh, Katheryn Winnick, Jason Jones and Terence Postage all costar in it. It was written and directed by Jonathan Sobol (who besides performed both duties on the 2010 comedy flick 'A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO ENDINGS') and tells the story of a veteran art thief who's betrayed by his brother, and sent to prison for over five years, and so reluctantly reteams with him on a new heist (when he gets out). I found the movie to be entertaining plenty, even if it seems like something I've seen dozens of times before.
Russell stars as Crisis Calhoun, a longtime criminal who's betrayed by his partner and brother, Nicky (Dillon), on a heist in which Nicky is caught past the police. Crunch is sentenced to seven-years in prison but gets out in five-and-a-one-half due to skilful behavior. When he'south released he takes upward work every bit a motorcycle stunt commuter and takes on an apprentice named Francie (Baruchel) and a cute young girlfriend named Lola (Winnick). When times get really tough he decides to exercise another heist with his onetime team, including Nicky, after some persuasion. He of class doesn't trust Nicky and seemingly rightfully and then. Equally they plot to steal a priceless book Crunch's team is also being watched by two interpol agents (Jones and Stamp).
The highlight of the movie is only watching all of the cast having a boom together. The picture is non exceptionally well directed or brilliantly written (on any level) but the actors are all so perfectly cast that y'all intendance well-nigh the characters and just accept a ton of fun watching them accept fun together. It's great to see Russell in the type of office that he'due south about famous for over again and his supporting bandage couldn't exist more than fitting. There's even a highly entertaining blooper reel, at the end, to get out you in a actually positive mood! The movie is unoriginal and the twists aren't all that smashing simply it is entertaining withal.
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A Proficient Fun Everyday Movie
12/17/2018 I really enjoyed this easy to scout movie. Plenty of plot twists executed past professional person actors. Definitely worth watching. Bon Appetit
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This Doesn't Work
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Art thief Crunch (Kurt Russell) finishes up a 5.5-yr jail term in a Poland (yeah, the country) Prison after being prepare to take the fall past Nicky (Matt Dillon) his brother when an art heist went bad. He turns to stunt motorbike riding. Nicky wants him to do one last job stealing the Saint James Bible. He agrees and gets his old team back together, but he doesn't trust Nicky.
Now you know that things are not going to become correct and what can go incorrect, will. You think I am talking about the story? No, I am talking about the dialogues and trying too hard to be humorous throughout. This just doesn't piece of work. The premise is fine, but all falls apart when the actors open up their mouths because trying as well hard to be funny takes away from something that could have been entertaining. To put it mildly, things become annoying. Subtly was called for and this was the right call. Didn't happen.
I am non putting all the wrongs on Russell and Dillon. No, most of the supporting bandage had many hands in this venture to brand the heists funny. Too many.
The but good affair I found was Elvis Presley singing a song somewhere in the beginning and here Kurt Russell reminds us that he once played Elvis in a moving picture. He did, you know. Russell is a good actor along with Dillon, but in hither null worked between them. It just seemed that too much was rushed trying to get to dial lines that didn't exist. Run into?
As expected the heist of the Bible goes good, simply Nicky comes upward with an idea to increase their takes using the same Bible. All concord to the new plan.
Also as expected, there are twists and turns and near the terminate and we get to meet: THIS IS WHAT Really HAPPENED. Nothing new here. We kind of expected this to be the case. It would have been a surprise to united states of america if this wasn't shown. Only, at this point, nosotros really didn't care. We never did. The dialogues, declared funny lines fell flat. Once again, subtly was chosen for. Didn't happen. (3/ten)
Violence: Yes. Sex: No. Nudity: No. Linguistic communication: Yes.
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Something is missing.
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I tin can't put my finger on it though. I liked the characters, the actors and the idea.
Information technology may have something to practise with the fact that it tried too much to be like a "Guy Ritchie" London gangster movie.
Those are some of my favorite movies. Action packed, characters too stupid to get out of their own manner, double crossing friends, and winning in spite of your incredible incompetence.
'Art of the Steal,' I remember, tried to be that but fell short. The showtime half of information technology didn't do enough to create an anticipation for the second one-half when the gang of misfits gets back together for "the Big Chore."
In the end, it just wasn't funny enough.
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The D minus team.....
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Crisis (yes, Crunch), a reformed thief, agrees to get back into the game and practice 1 final lucrative theft with his blood brother, Nicky.
Reassembling the sometime team, Crunch comes upward with a plan to steal a historical volume, but the successful heist leads to another, riskier program devised by Nicky.
They neglect to recognise each other's agendas when their programme goes awry, but with all the flash cuts and funky incidental music, can you blame them?
Oh the one sheet looked good, a reliable cast looking smug out at you, pretty much similar The Oceans crew, or the A-Team.
And it starts of reasonably well, Russell is ever reliable, and he e'er puts in a good performance. But then Baruchel and Dillon arrive the mix, and in one case the every character gets a freeze frame with a hip proper name, the flick becomes so smug, that you start to dislike it very, very quickly.
Its null new, nosotros've seen this so many times before, and then many times better, and when yous can encounter through the flashy editing and funky incidental music, y'all begin to realise just how unintelligent the dialogue is, and how hard they writers are trying to be smart, but information technology merely becomes a flat moving-picture show.
The performances are perfunctory, Russell is as watchable every bit ever, and Stamp is e'er skilful fun fun to sentry, but this cannot help the cardinal flaws of the film, like lack of decent narrative. And the silly reveal ending, once more that nosotros've seen dozens of times earlier.
Only in that location is a brilliant reference to a 1991 sequel starring Danny Glover, most an conflicting with dreadlocks...
It is really and insult to people who similar clever movies, with an air of Steve McQueen or James Dean.
Hither information technology's more than of an air of Pacino in Gigli, and Oceans 12....
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Groovy Movie.
Perchance it was because I didn't expect much from this motion-picture show, but I really liked it. Great plot twist keep you guessing until the terminate. Suggested it to my coworkers and i said, "information technology was obvious what was going to happen, simply then it took a plow and I was way off."
Anybody I've suggested it to said they liked it and I know some real movie critics. I besides liked "The Score" with Robert De Niro and Edward Norton, perhaps I am a sucker for a good "bad" heist motion-picture show. I actually think this will become a cult classic, it's the box role flops that do. Information technology'south a cast of actors/actresses that y'all like and characters you will fall for. You won't be disappointed.
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7 stars considering information technology'due south an ok gangster movie. Practiced jokes. Real sharp and witty.
The heist genre is old, and then what is new and worth watching about this detail heist pic? The jokes. They are really abrupt, fast, original and witty. And those jokes are delivered by a agglomeration of great actors: Matt Dillon, Kurt Russell and a delightful cool, at-home and collected Terence Stamp. They all act actually expert.
The story is tight and fast moving and funny. Kurt Russell plays a gangster in need of coin. Well, that´s news! He desperately needs money though and that's the reason he agrees to exercise an impossibly difficult heist. Will he succeed anyway?
Any bad? It's a bit likewise clever for the sake of wanting to be clever. And it's still a copycat of Ocean's Eleven, but an enjoyable copycat...
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The Fine art of the Steal is a Fun Heist Moving-picture show That Accomplishes What it Wants To Do
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This was another random pick on Netflix for me. I like heist flicks and the movie had a pretty good cast. It's non Ocean'due south Xi calibre with George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Matt Damon but yous rarely go wrong with guys similar Kurt Russell, Jay Baruchel and Terrence Stamp. I had heard a trivial bit about this movie, some people were claiming it was a bit of a cult hit so I threw it on while I was having my morn cup of coffee. I think as long every bit you're not expecting something from Guy Ritchie or Steven Soderbergh, you could accept a good fourth dimension with this.
*Minor Spoilers Ahead* Crunch Calhoun (Kurt Russell) is our narrator and our protagonist and he begins the moving-picture show by talking virtually how when yous go to jail, you only really remember your first twenty-four hours and your terminal day. He's not in your normal minimum security prison though, he'due south been jailed in Warsaw, Poland with a pretty aroused prison population. He then takes usa back to show us how he ended upwards in jail. His team, comprised of his brother Nicky Calhoun (Matt Dillon), Paddy (Kenneth Welsh) and Guy (Chris Diamantopoulos) are on the verge of ripping off a powerful dealer by supplying him with a forgery of a famous piece of art and keeping the original for themselves. It almost goes off perfectly simply a last infinitesimal touch-up past Guy (the forger on the team) leads to the dealer being tipped off that information technology's a faux while he'south driving away. When the team tries to brand their getaway, they get in an blow with the police force. Nicky rats out Crisis under interrogation to avoid jail time. Crunch and so has to spend 5 1/2 years in the jail to spare Nicky and the rest of the team.
Crisis gets out of jail and tries to alive a relatively honest life. He's got a girlfriend named Lola (Kathryn Winnick) and a friend/amateur named Francie (Jay Baruchel). He works as a motorcycle stuntman who deliberately crashes his bike in a circus for an actress couple hundred bucks. Things are looking dour when due to a bizarre set of circumstances, Nicky ends upward back in his life. He claims to want to make amends and has a plan to reform the gang and tackle ane more than large score.
The Art of the Steal follows in the tradition of the heist movies that came before it. The plot is pretty tight, it isn't without small issues but I didn't find whatever glaring plot holes. Swiping art from the Canadian edge patrol is decently fresh. They include a couple of twists in the plot that are unexpected. I'll admit, other than some new items that they're swiping (the one piece is interesting for sure), at that place's non too much here that's completely original.
And so while The Art of the Steal does infringe a trivial from more famous sources, it does exercise information technology well. The moving picture has a surprising amount of style for a movie that wasn't given a huge budget and it was very reminiscent of Snatch or any other Guy Ritchie movie. The other matter is that you take some very quick and sharp dialogue. The movie was pretty funny in sure scenes and Kurt Russell has a couple of squeamish monologues to bookend the film.
Y'all don't have an A-list bandage here but they did a good job casting the film. Kurt Russell is always fun to spotter even when he's not on the superlative of his game and he did some good work in this. It was nice to come across Matt Dillon once again, he delivers a pretty workmanlike functioning. Jay Baruchel fit into the ensemble nicely, he kind of offsets the more reserved Russell and Dillon against Diamantopoulos and Welsh who aren't bad simply they're laying it on a little thick. In a pocket-sized aside, it was as well absurd to run into Kathryn Winnick here. She'southward been really great on Vikings, they don't give her much to do just information technology'southward practiced to see her getting more roles.
I wouldn't nominate this movie for any awards just for a small-release genre film, this definitely was a decent effort. It doesn't take high aspirations but later on having seen The Art of the Steal, I'thousand wondering why didn't it go a bigger release? It'southward a satisfying caper moving-picture show that checks off all the necessary boxes for a good fourth dimension. You could do worse when you're clicking through Netflix looking for something to watch.
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Pretty damn decent heist-motion picture! Not mind-blowing, but skillful.
Just caught this on Tv past chance. At outset I was a wee bit skeptical, but it seemed kinda interesting, so I stuck with it, and I enjoyed information technology. More often than not.
Just gonna become the bug out of the way first.. Accents. There are french accents, and Irish gaelic accents, and English accents here, and why are none of the actors with accents actually from the state their accents are from? (not that I can see, anyway) That I can't effigy out. Because, well, for the nearly part they practice OK, just here and there y'all notice something is a little off.
Too, why not just get people that are the real bargain? Or only drop the accents. Actors faking accents is so.. uhm, I don't know, what they did in the old days. It'due south similar, typical Hollywood-ignorance. (the viewers won't observe, nooo) Anyway!
Likewise, without spoiling, there are some stuff hither that is wildly unrealistic. It has to exercise with paining, and time. (I know, because I paint myself) only I won't say more.
This is a heist pic, and a pretty entertaining one. I liked Kurt Russel, and I liked Matt Damon. I liked most of information technology, really. The accent thing is but a minor annoyance. The story good. It'due south cipher too special visually, merely gets the job done. There are a couple of slightly creative "story-telling" sequences, that I enjoyed. Nice to switch information technology up a little.
It's R-rated, so we are treated to some swearing. I like that. It'southward xc minutes, (heist-movies tend to exist long, which tin can be a drag) so information technology'due south short and pretty sugariness.
And I's ain't non gonna go on and on almost it. I liked information technology.
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Great Movie but soft catastrophe
There were a ton of nifty suprises with this 1! The one liner jabs were priceless...the scenes that made you jump were terrific...just a great movie all around. The merely crticism I have usa the catastrophe...very soft ending. I think they could've given that a better shot.
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