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Ivan steals art for the Greek. He wants out but can he? He meets an actress at two of his "jobs". She has her own problems but helps him.Ivan steals art for the Greek. He wants out but can he? He meets an actress at two of his "jobs". She has her own problems but helps him.Ivan steals art for the Greek. He wants out but can he? He meets an actress at two of his "jobs". She has her own problems but helps him.
Joe Bucaro III
- Anatoli and Aristotle Papadais
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- GoofsAt 53:20, after Elyse leaves the craps table, the dice roller calls for a drink. Then he picks up the dice and turns to accept the drink. The dice in his right-hand breaks the plane of the table. If this were to happen in a real casino, the croupier would be all over the player and would be required to change the dice.
- Quotes
Dimitri: Smell my neck.
Ray Warding: Uh, I am truly the least qualified person to smell you.
- ConnectionsReferences Scarface (1983)
- SoundtracksBeyond the Power of Reason
Written by Alex Lamy (PRS) / Alibi Generator (ASCAP)
Licensed by ALIBI Music Library
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Ivan Warding (Theo James) is working off his father's debt to the Greek Dimitri (Fred Melamed) by stealing art works from wealthy art patrons. He teams up with Elyse (Emily Ratajkowski) to help him get out from under the Greek, but an FBI Agent (Isiah Whitlock Jr) appears to be locking in on Ivan. Oh, oh.
Most of the movie is watching Ivan steal and get away with it. This is not a comedy but we do hear some good lines all around. We do watch a good conversation/interview between the FBI Agent (character name not given in the credits) and Ivan in a diner. The FBI Agent knows what Ivan is doing and wants Ivan's boss.
We see good chemistry between Theo James and Emily Ratajkowski and she is pretty and can act too.
However, there are 3-scenes that didn't make any sense to me: (1) The FBI Agent urinates in his partner's desk drawer. Why? (2) Dimitri apparently sends someone to Ivan's apartment to find the Hitler painting which he didn't find, and makes off with a safe. Do we see what was in the safe? No. Why? (3) We see Ivan doing something with a glass of water, we think it was water. What was all that about? Never explained.
Apparently many scenes were cut, but the story needed something more than just watching Ivan steal things and hear some good banter.
Notable: Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ray, Ivan's bipolar brother.
Even with the questions above, this was still entertaining and was okay to say the least. (5/10)
Violence: Yes. Sex: Yes. Nudity; Yes, brief. Humor: Some good lines are heard. Language: No. Rating: C
Most of the movie is watching Ivan steal and get away with it. This is not a comedy but we do hear some good lines all around. We do watch a good conversation/interview between the FBI Agent (character name not given in the credits) and Ivan in a diner. The FBI Agent knows what Ivan is doing and wants Ivan's boss.
We see good chemistry between Theo James and Emily Ratajkowski and she is pretty and can act too.
However, there are 3-scenes that didn't make any sense to me: (1) The FBI Agent urinates in his partner's desk drawer. Why? (2) Dimitri apparently sends someone to Ivan's apartment to find the Hitler painting which he didn't find, and makes off with a safe. Do we see what was in the safe? No. Why? (3) We see Ivan doing something with a glass of water, we think it was water. What was all that about? Never explained.
Apparently many scenes were cut, but the story needed something more than just watching Ivan steal things and hear some good banter.
Notable: Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ray, Ivan's bipolar brother.
Even with the questions above, this was still entertaining and was okay to say the least. (5/10)
Violence: Yes. Sex: Yes. Nudity; Yes, brief. Humor: Some good lines are heard. Language: No. Rating: C
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- $641,509
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
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