Thick as Thieves (2009)

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.

Director:

Mimi Leder

Writer:

Ted Humphrey

Stars:

Rade Serbedzija, Morgan Freeman, Robert Forster

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Rade Serbedzija	...	Nicky / Victor (as Rade Sherbedgia)
Morgan Freeman	...	Ripley
Robert Forster	...	Lt. Weber
Corey Johnson	...	Voutiritsas
Antonio Banderas	...	Gabriel
Gerrit Vooren	...	Bakker
Charles Venn	...	Transit Cop #1 (as Chucky Venn)
Atanas Srebrev	...	Transit Cop #2
Darrell Las Quevas	...	Transit Cop #3
Tom Hardy	...	Michaels
Ivan Petrushinov	...	Émigré #1
Victor Boichev	...	Émigré #2 (as Victor Boytchev)
Nickolay Hadjiminev	...	Émigré #3
Mariana Stansheva	...	Madame Irina (as Mariana Stanisheva)
Stefan Shterev	...	Giorgi

Storyline

In New York, the experienced art thief, Keith Ripley, invites the bold thief from Miami, Gabriel Martin, to team up with him. He plans the heist of two valuable mysterious antique Faberge eggs, located in a safe, of the well protected Russian jewelry Romanov. Each egg is worth twenty million dollars on the black market, and Ripley needs his cut to free himself from his debt to a powerful mobster, known as Nicky. The reluctant Gabriel agrees to participate, after having a one night stand with Ripley's goddaughter Alexandra Karolin. Meanwhile, the persistent Lieutenant Weber, who has unsuccessfully tried to put Ripley in jail for twenty years, figures out how to anticipate the movements of the criminal in order to catch him.

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Plot Keywords:

woman wears a bra and panties | woman wears lingerie | woman wears underwear | thief | faberge egg | 

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Taglines:

Never trust a thief.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexuality, language and some nudity

Did You Know?

Trivia

This film marks the second collaboration between Radha Mitchell and Morgan Freeman. They previously starred in Feast of Love (2007).

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Goofs

After the alarm went off, several subtitles in English are displayed. One of them is "Yes, in subway. Keep us posted. Out." but instead "Keep us posted" head of security actually said "Stay at your position".

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Quotes

[First Line]
[In Flemish with subtitles]
Joost: The Russians think they own the world now.

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Connections

References Rififi (1955)

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Soundtracks

Nas Ne Dagoniat (Not Gonna Get Us)
Written by Ivan Nikolaevich Shapovalov, Valerij Polienko, Elena Vladimirovna Kiper, Sergej Galoyan
Performed by t.A.T.u.
Published by EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI), Unforgettable Songs Ltd / SPZ Music Inc. (BMI),
Universal Music - MGB Songs (ASCAP)
Courtesy of Interscope Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

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.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan]

Country:

USA Germany

Language:

English Russian Dutch

Release Date:

9 January 2009 (Taiwan)

Also Known As:

The Code

Filming Locations:

Sofia, Bulgaria

Box Office

Budget:

$25,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$6,828,037

Company Credits

Production Co:

Millennium Films, Revelations Entertainment, Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH & Co. KG IV

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1