The Thieves (2012)
A gang of South Korean thieves team up with a Hong Kong crew to steal a diamond necklace from a heavily-guarded casino safe in Macau. As the cops close in, old betrayals — and misunderstandings — resurface.
- Choi Dong-hoon
- Lee Ki-cheol
- Lee Yoon-ho
- Choi Dong-hoon
Rating: 6.715/10 by 289 users
Alternative Title:
The Professionals - US
Os Profissionais - BR
도둑들 - KR
10人の泥棒たち - JP
Ang mga Magnanakaw - The Thieves Tagalog - PH
夺宝联盟 - CN
চোরের দল - BD
盗贼同盟 - TW
盜賊門 - HK
Country:
Hong Kong
South Korea
Language:
한국어/조선말
广州话 / 廣州話
English
普通话
日本語
Runtime: 02 hour 15 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $83,519,699
Plot Keyword: heist, hong kong, safecracker, diamond theft, criminal gang, macau
**Two gangs for one big heist.** It looks not bad, but too long. From the director of 'Woochi' and 'Assassination', though it came between them and I'm seeing it now since I liked them both. An international cast film, I mean some well known Korean and Hong Kong actors in this multi-starrer. The story of two thief gangs joins hands to steal a diamond necklace in a casino in Macau. It's a team work, everyone is assigned to do their part, but due to some old incidents, they lose trust on one another. Followed by betrayal, how the heist takes place and what happens to them comes in the final quarter. The actors were good, but their roles were so usual. At least the story looked better, but too much drag in the first half. Once their work begins to take off, the narration with those stunt sequences gets interesting. Even though I felt it should have been better, the screenplay should have kept tight. With so many characters, too many twists. So feels like it all jammed, though none of them were stunning enough, particularly a theme like this needed one that. I have seen a better heist film, I bet did as well, so this film won't surprise, but okay for watching once. _6/10_
