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The Code

Original title: Thick as Thieves
  • 20092009
  • RR
  • 1h 44m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
35K
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Antonio Banderas and Morgan Freeman in The Code (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.
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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.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.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.
IMDb RATING
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35K
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  • Director
    • Mimi Leder
  • Writer
    • Ted Humphrey
  • Stars
    • Ivan Petrushinov
    • Victor Boichev
    • Nickolay Hadjiminev
  • Director
    • Mimi Leder
  • Writer
    • Ted Humphrey
  • Stars
    • Ivan Petrushinov
    • Victor Boichev
    • Nickolay Hadjiminev
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    • 65User reviews
    • 36Critic reviews
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    Antonio Banderas in The Code (2009)
    Morgan Freeman and Radha Mitchell in The Code (2009)
    Antonio Banderas and Morgan Freeman in The Code (2009)
    Antonio Banderas and Morgan Freeman in The Code (2009)
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    Morgan Freeman in The Code (2009)
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    Antonio Banderas and Morgan Freeman in The Code (2009)
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    Morgan Freeman in The Code (2009)
    Antonio Banderas in The Code (2009)
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    Ivan Petrushinov
    • Émigré #1
    Victor Boichev
    • Émigré #2
    • (as Victor Boytchev)
    Nickolay Hadjiminev
    • Émigré #3
    Rade Serbedzija
    Rade Serbedzija
    • Nicky
    • (as Rade Sherbedgia)
    • …
    Morgan Freeman
    Morgan Freeman
    • Ripley
    Joshua Rubin
    • Joost
    Gerrit Vooren
    • Bakker
    Antonio Banderas
    Antonio Banderas
    • Gabriel
    Charles Venn
    Charles Venn
    • Transit Cop #1
    • (as Chucky Venn)
    Atanas Srebrev
    Atanas Srebrev
    • Transit Cop #2
    Darrell Las Quevas
    • Transit Cop #3
    Tom Hardy
    Tom Hardy
    • Michaels
    Robert Forster
    Robert Forster
    • Lt. Weber
    Corey Johnson
    Corey Johnson
    • Voutiritsas
    Mariana Stansheva
    Mariana Stansheva
    • Madame Irina
    • (as Mariana Stanisheva)
    Stefan Shterev
    • Giorgi
    Vladimir Kolev
    • Andrei
    Radha Mitchell
    Radha Mitchell
    • Alex
    • Director
      • Mimi Leder
    • Writer
      • Ted Humphrey
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    • Trivia
      During the scene when Antonio Banderas is talking to Radha Mitchell at the Russian night club at around 26 minutes, there is a techno remix of the traditional Russian folk song, "Korobeiniki". "Korobeiniki" is also the theme song for the Nintendo classic puzzle video game, "Tetris".
    • Goofs
      Subway scenes (supposedly in the New York City subway) were filmed in the Sofia metro, with Soviet-made 81-714.4 subway cars.
    • Quotes

      Keith Ripley: Some people were born to compose music. Others to split the atom. I was born to steal shit.

    • Connections
      Featured in The Code: Behind the Scenes (2009)
    • Soundtracks
      Hum Diggy
      Written by Marcus Brown, Adam Schiff, H. Scott Salinas, Stephen Dewey

      Published by Asymptotote Music BV, Inc. (ASCAP)

      Courtesy of Asymptotote Music BV, Inc.

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    5/10
    Oh Dear!
    Oh Dear, in deed. What could have been one of the best heist movies in recent history turned out to be (in my humble opinion) a serious let down.

    Morgan Freeman and Antonio Banderas, a potential chemistry that on paper seemed a sure fire hit, but and there's always a but. It just didn't materialize, whether it was the short-comings of the dialog or the direction I can't say; but it just didn't sizzle.

    When you think of heist movie partnerships then you have to be very special to match up against De Niro and Norton has seen in 'The Score'.

    Freeman and Banderas - don't....sorry. For me this was the most overwhelming shortfall of the film, the two main protagonists just don't bounce off each other and has a consequence the characters fail to draw you in.

    As for the plot, Freeman - going for the last big score before retirement, Banderas - hoping to improve his standing in the criminal fraternity whilst making a lot of money in the process.

    Formulaic with a twist-at-the-end that was disappointingly obvious because the writers thought it had to have a twist-at-the-end. When will they ever learn that you can tell a story without having the ubiquitous twist - the bigger surprise would have been - oh wait for it - no surprise.

    Unfortunately, this movie will go down has another example of Hollywood doing what Hollywood does, very little thought and effort put into an idea that could have been so much greater than the sum of its parts.

    I gave this movie a 5 for the attempt of entertaining us, it should be a lot higher if only it had lived up to it's potential.
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    • seeksSilence
    • Mar 10, 2009

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    • Release date
      • January 9, 2009 (Taiwan)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Germany
    • Languages
      • English
      • Russian
      • Dutch
    • Also known as
      • Thick as Thieves
    • Filming locations
      • Court Pallace, Sofia, Bulgaria
    • Production companies
      • Millennium Films
      • Revelations Entertainment
      • Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH & Co. KG IV
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $25,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $6,828,037
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 44 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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