King of Thieves

A passable and down to earth presentation of the true story of the Hatton Garden Heist with a cast of big names, but little else. Although it shows the thieves as doddering old fools, it also shows them as bitter and greedy career criminals and as such, you can't really root for them, especially when they devolve into squabbling. There's a good sequence as it shows the effort put in to successfully carry out the robbery, but the whole thing lacks drama, and the police investigation in the second half has no personality to it.

Yet another account of the 2015 Hatton Garden robbery that was pulled off by a bunch of geriatric career criminals, and which seems to hold a strange fascination for filmmakers and audiences alike. This one benefits from a stellar British cast (Caine, Winstone, Broadbent, Courteney, Gambon, Whitehouse) and its decision to focus on the disintegration of the gang's initial cameraderie almost as soon as the heist is underway rather than playing safe with unrealistic feel-good vibes. The real gang were unpleasant men, and to portray them as anything else would be a whitewash. Caine is finally showing his age (he's barely seen moving throughout) but still delivers, as do the rest of the veteran players.

No, there are no big car chases, or explosions. No fancy lasers, or big combat scenes. However, it is a fun story of aging burglars looking to score their final hurrah, portrayed by a slew of veteran actors who still have the skills to go from dottering elder to angry thug. Loved the use of the clips from their previous films as flashbacks. It was a refreshing change from CGI or Photoshop aging.

For those who say this movie is slow and low budget: what did you expect? This is not Transformers, there is no Mark Wahlberg or Bruce Willis from the 90's, no CGI, no John Woo feat. Michael Bay. This is just a well delivered true story, brought to you by many of the best actors of our time. And it does not want to be more, so why do you?

"King of Thieves" is a Biography - Crime movie in which we watch a heist in London's jewelry district that is based on the Hatton Garden diamond heist that occurred in April 2015.

I enjoyed this movie because it is based on a true story, the plot was very interesting and there were some plot twists that made it even more interesting. The interpretations of Michael Caine who played as Brian Reader, Jim Broadbent who played as Terry Perkins, Charlie Cox who played as Basil, Ray Winstone who played as Danny Jones and Tom Courtenay who played as Kenny Collins were very good and their combination worked very well. The direction which was made by James Marsh was good and he presented the story in a very good way while he presented his main characters well enough to understand them and follow the story. In conclusion, I have to say that "King of Thieves" is an interesting movie and I highly recommend you to watch it.