The Art of the Steal

[Brian in Mesa]

The Art of the Steal

Release Date: March 14, 2014 (limited)
Studio: RADiUS-TWC
Director: Jonathan Sobol
Screenwriter: Jonathan Sobol
Genre: Comedy, Crime
MPAA Rating: R (for language throughout including some sexual references)
Website: N/A

Starring: Jay Baruchel, Matt Dillon, Kurt Russell, Terence Stamp, Katheryn Winnick, Chris Diamantopoulos, Kenneth Welsh, Jason Jones

Plot Summary: Crunch Calhoun (Kurt Russell), a third rate motorcycle daredevil and semi-reformed art thief, agrees to get back into the con game and pull off one final lucrative art theft with his untrustworthy brother, Nicky (Matt Dillon). Reassembling the old team, Crunch comes up with a plan to steal a priceless historical book, but the successful heist leads to another far riskier plan devised by Nicky. They fail to realize each other's separate agendas when their plan goes awry in this con movie about honor, revenge and the bonds of brotherhood.

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[Gaddabout]

There's a few excellent actors in this movie. There's also Kurt Russell, who has made some catastrophic role choices in between a few choice all-time classics. A KR-led film has long odds of being good, but if it is, it's probably amazing. That's how his career has gone.

Reasons I don't want to pay attention to this movie:

- It's about con artists. There are very few good movies about con artists (though the ones that are good are really good).

- Getting the gang together for "one final heist." Unless the movie breaks $100 million on opening weekend. Then we'll get two more final heists. At least.

- It's got Kurt Russell in the lead.

- It's got that "we need to get the old gang back together" plot line. Ugh.

- Alliterative name for lead character, which I think only existed in Marvel comics these days. Alliterative name is almost always a bad sign.

Reasons I'll still probably go see it:

- It's got Kurt Russell in the lead.

 

[Bada0Bing]

I get annoyed when they reuse titles.

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