Thick as Thieves (2009/I)

Director:

Mimi Leder

Writer (WGA):

Ted Humphrey (written by)

Release Date:

9 January 2009 (Taiwan)

Genre:

Crime

Tagline:

Never trust a thief.

Plot:

A veteran thief recruits a younger crook to help him pull off one final job in order to repay his debt to the Russian mob.

Plot Keywords:

Thief | Side Boob | Bra Less | Subway | F Word

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Morgan Freeman	...	Keith Ripley
Antonio Banderas	...	Gabriel Martin
Radha Mitchell	...	Alexandra Korolenko
Robert Forster	...	Lt. Weber
Rade Serbedzija	...	Nicky / Victor
Michael Hayden	...	Sudimack
Marcel Iures	...	Zykov
Gary Werntz	...	Donley
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Velizar Binev	...	Tarasov
Antony Byrne	...	Yaniushkin
Katie Chonacas	...	June
Constantine Gregory	...	Sergeev
Tom Hardy	...	Michaels
Todd Jensen	...	Commissioner Morelli
Corey Johnson	...	Voutiritsas
Siso Kamburov	...	Ivanov
Vladimir Kolev	...	Andrei
Ariel Llinas	...	Sergeant
Diana Lyubenova	...	Ludmilla
Deobia Oparei	...	Commissioner Rawls
Velislav Pavlov	...	Ilia
Joshua Rubin	...	Joost
Marianne Stanicheva	...	Madame Irina
Chucky Venice	...	Transit Cop
Gerrit Vooren	...	Bakker

Also Known As:

The Code (International: English title) (USA) (working title) (USA) (DVD title)

MPAA:

Rated R for sexuality, language and some nudity.

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English | Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | UK:15 | Ireland:15 | Taiwan:R-12 | Netherlands:12 | Singapore:M18 | Mexico:B15 | Portugal:M/12

Filming Locations:

Brighton 4th Street, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Nu Image Films

Goofs:

Continuity: During the scene where Keith and Gabriel are trying to "crack the code" to the inner vault, on the last digit, Keith tells Gabriel to type "1", and the number reads 827145369, Gabriel stops to think and just as Gabriel type "9", the number now reads 827145396.

Quotes:

[last lines]
Gabriel Martin: I want to know, was it all lies?
Alexandra Korolenko: Not the part that matters.
Gabriel Martin: It was true.
Alexandra Korolenko: [giggles]
Gabriel Martin: That was real. That was real, finally.

Movie Connections:

References Du rififi chez les hommes (1955)

Soundtrack:

Electric Blue

Thick as Thieves

Thick as Thieves is pretty much as lousy as heist films get. It's lazy, derivative, and really quite offensive in the way it leans back in your favourite chair, flicks cigarette ash on your carpet while smirking at you and telling you there's nothing you can do to stop it as you've already paid your money.

The twists are both of everyone's least-favourite flavour: one you can spot a mile off and the other one - while unexpected - you won't give a hoot about. The heist too is lazy, but by that point you won't be surprised even if you can remember all the talk of it being an impossible job. Your expectations will be so low you'll tell yourself it's par for the course. Both Morgan Freeman (usually reliable) and Antonio Banderas (usually intolerable) coast by with just the pilot light on, totally lacking chemistry, and only Radha Mitchell comes away with any kind of credibility, doing decent work and putting in far more effort than her underwritten character deserves.