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  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Well Go USA Entertainment
  • 2 h 15 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Well Go USA Entertainment
  • 2 h 15 m

Summary It's the score of their lives - if they can pull it off. Five thieves at the top of their game, and the crew is assembling for their biggest job yet. Popie's the muscle and brains, Pepsee's the safecracker. Yenicall climbs walls, Zampano is the strategy man, and Chewingum is the master of disguise. But this new score - it's hot. May...

Directed By: Dong-hoon Choi

Written By: Ki-cheol Lee, Seong-hun Jeong, Dong-hoon Choi

  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Well Go USA Entertainment
  • 2 h 15 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Well Go USA Entertainment
  • 2 h 15 m

The Thieves

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
75
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 10 User Ratings
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Summary It's the score of their lives - if they can pull it off. Five thieves at the top of their game, and the crew is assembling for their biggest job yet. Popie's the muscle and brains, Pepsee's the safecracker. Yenicall climbs walls, Zampano is the strategy man, and Chewingum is the master of disguise. But this new score - it's hot. May...

Directed By: Dong-hoon Choi

Written By: Ki-cheol Lee, Seong-hun Jeong, Dong-hoon Choi

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90
Oct 12, 2012
Loaded with all the twists, disguises, glamorous settings and split-screen montages you could ask for.
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80
Oct 10, 2012
A cross-pollinated mixture of Hollywood-blockbuster bombast, Asian cool and '60s Vegas ring-a-ding swing.
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75
Oct 14, 2012
The Thieves is less interested in the characters than it is the elaborate stunts and gimmicks.
By Gabe Toro FULL REVIEW
70
Oct 12, 2012
While the movie's second half feels more consequential - and more impressively action-packed - than its first part, it also loses some of its initial charm and quirk via a protracted, often dizzying descent into a kind of booty-centric game of hot potato.
By Gary Goldstein FULL REVIEW
70
Oct 10, 2012
Easier to like than it is to follow, Choi Dong-hoon's glossy caper boasts all the pomp and cajolery of the true international blockbuster.
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63
Oct 12, 2012
A dazzling heist film that can't help but come off as duly influenced by Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's trilogy, South Korea's number one box-office champ of all time is never less than clever.
By Steve Macfarlane FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Showbox/Mediaplex, Legendary Entertainment International (LEI), CJ E&M Film Financing & Investment Entertainment & Comics, CJ Venture Investment, KM Culture Co., Michigan Venture Capital, ISU Venture Capital, Company K Partners Contents Investment Fund, CJ E&M Pictures, KT Alpha, Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance, Seoul Guarantee Insurance Company, Korea Image Investment & Development Company Ltd., Hanwha Entertainment Fund No. 1, Sovik Global Contents Fund, Munhwa Broadcasting Company, Hansol Venture Capital, Industrial Bank of Korea, KTB Network, Boram Entertainment, Sega Sammy Entertainment, Sega Sammy Group, Bakugan Zoobles Comics, Caper Film, Frontier Works Comic, Miracin Korea Film Company, Prosperity Pictures
Release Date Oct 12, 2012
Duration 2 h 15 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline All for the money. One for the revenge. Every man for himself.
Website http://10dorobo.jp/
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Awards

Blue Dragon Awards
• 3 Wins & 10 Nominations
Grand Bell Awards, South Korea
• 1 Win & 10 Nominations
Buil Film Awards
• 3 Wins & 6 Nominations

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