
Rating: 7.5 stars
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Seen on: 05/20/2012
Most recently watched by sensoria, krazykat
Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specialized in high-profile diamond heists. He plans to use his ill-gotten income to retire from crime and build a nice life for himself complete with a home, wife and kids. To accelerate the process, he signs on with a top gangster for a big score.
Rated R | Length 123 minutes
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It’s hard to believe I’d never seen Thief, considering how big a fan I am of Mann’s Heat, but there it is: never seen it until tonight. Which is too bad, because it definitely has all the Mann style and mannerisms that would be perfected later, especially in Heat.
It’s also obvious that Refn’s Drive owes more than a casual nod to Thief (as well as The Driver).
Caan’s acting is, at times, a bit over the top; and then at other times, perfectly understated. It’s fun to see a lot of Chicago locations in this film as well. Mann is a Chicagoan and a lot of his films, or the stories they’re based on, have Chicago roots.
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