Worth seeing:

as a slick and stylish crime thriller, following well-trodden paths, with off-the-shelf characters and plenty of thrills but few surprises

Director:	Bart Layton
Featuring:	Chris Hemsworth, Halle Berry, Mark Ruffalo, Nick Nolte, Barry Keoghan, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Matthew Del Negro, Monica Barbaro, Tate Donovan
Length:	140 minutes
Certificate:	15
Country:	US
Released:	13th February 2026

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Mike (Chris Hemsworth) is a high-end jewel thief, who – through meticulous planning and a good heart – manages to avoid hurting anyone and escapes quickly, without leaving a trace. His boss (Nick Nolte) is tiring of his caution and pivoting towards the trigger-happy biker Ormon (Barry Keoghan).

Lou (Mark Ruffalo) is a chiselled old LAPD detective, who believes he’s getting close to pinning down a suspect in a series of robberies, working out that every raid is close to the 101 motorway. But the chief doesn’t want to wait any longer – he wants any old suspect to be brought in so that they can close the case.

Then there’s Sharon (Halle Berry), who sells insurance policies to billionaires – and does her best to protect her company from paying out if someone needs to claim. As well as investigating Mike’s latest robbery, she’s trying to win the contract to insure the wedding of a sleazy businessman, Monroe (Tate Donovan).

The three come together when Sharon is assigned to look into Mike’s latest robbery, as Lou starts closing in on his suspect.

WHAT’S IT LIKE?

Bart Layton’s slick thriller is bursting with stylish cars and homes that only millionaires or diamond thieves could ever dream of affording.

The conveniently intertwining stories of the three protagonists follow a well-used formula, as you wonder how this one particular robbery will bring them all together.

Along the way, Ruffalo’s forlorn police officer has a run-in with his boss and gets dumped by his girlfriend (Jennifer Jason Leigh), Berry’s sidelined insurance executive realises she’s never going to get promoted so turns against her board and Hemsworth’s seasoned robber has his emotional detachment challenged when he bumps into publicist Maya (Monica Barbaro) – or more accurately, she bumps into him.

All the while, Keoghan’s biker tries to cause trouble for anyone and everyone.

The film is laced with redundant directorial flourishes, narrative red herrings and plenty of eye-rolling moments but there are enough twists to keep the audience engaged and plenty of well-choreographed, high-speed chases around LA’s back streets.

There are nods to many previous crime thrillers – from the raids to the police procedural elements, the insurance investigations and violent denouement in a hotel room and even making the robber more sympathetic than his victims and most of the police officers. With so many familiar elements, you feel like Layton is just following a film-making guide book – Crime Thriller 101, you might call it.

But following conventions that are tried and tested – and using stars who are tried and tested – will always deliver an entertaining, if not the most original film.