**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_

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The Thieves
"All for the money. One for the revenge. Every man for himself."
2012 • 2h 15m • ★ 6.7 (326 votes) Released
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.
Director
Choi Dong-hoon
Screenplay
Lee Ki-cheol
Screenplay
Choi Dong-hoon
Rating
6.7
Runtime
135 min
Revenue
$83.5M
Production
Caper Film Michigan Venture Capital
Showbox
OCN KM Culture
Korean Film Council
KT alpha KTB Network
SCS Entertainment
Sega Sammy Entertainment
October Pictures
CJ Investment
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Keywords
heisthong kongsafecrackerdiamond theftcriminal gangmacau
















