In with Thieves

This film has the look, story, script, and acting of a bad student project.

There is nothing of interest here. In fact personally I would be embarrassed to have my name attached to this film.

I won't go into detail because there is entirely no point.It's not even bad enough or tongue and cheek enough to be good.

I'm all for independent films and there are often some real gems, many of which are amongst my all time favourites which and easily outclass big budget movies. I'm thinking of classics such as Pi, Primer, Man Bites Dog, Das Experiment, and The Magician, to name but a few. But sadly it is not the case here. This director is going to have to seriously up his game if he wants a career.

Complete cringe-worthy clichéd pooh from beginning to end.

Don't waste your time.

This movie is terrible...Bad acting, bad background music, bad effects, bad filming (camera shakes here and there), and very random conversations. I kept getting lost with regard to the story line. I could not finish the movie and my husband also bombed out later on and could not finish it either - he tried to be strong :o) I'm not against low budget movies but at least they must have a good story line. I think this movie would have been better on stage because some of the actors would be excellent on stage judging from the way they act - especially the Albanian gangsters.

I would not recommend it to anyone except for those who would like to see what not to do when filming movies.

I was feeling this story of an Irish burglar getting out from behind bars to find out his hot wife burned thru all his loot. His good for nothing brother in law left him holding the bag on a huge debt to LA's Albanian mafia. Stuck with nothing he has to try to get back to stealing with his crew to pay off the Albanian mafia boss who is crazy in the head. The soup gets thick with all these thieves and gangsters involved. Not only does this poor sucker have to deal with the Albanian mafia he gets involved with a Cuban drug lords wife and crosses a African crime group. Ending of this blew my mind. There are some really good unknown actors that bring it hard. This is a scrappy movie.

There is a underbelly that threw me off. In with thieves ran to long for my taste. Story can get your brain twisted if you don't pay attention. To much nudity got to me to. I could be crazy but I damn near think every woman in this movie gets naked, I shoulda known watching Sid Kali's last movie skin would be in. No wonder Mr. Skin reviews this high. I gave it a 7 because it had so much in it.

I found a few nice actor talents, but nothing that holds the story throughout the entire picture, it's an independent movie alright but the story is so unoriginal that it becomes embarrassing watching sometimes. I understand that the director-writer-producer Sid Kali is a bald young-as filmmaker that hopes to create a some kind of new genre or urban style but i feel it lacks originality, it's so common it doesn't fit the screen, it needs to be seen in reality, i think a live theater play could work if you have the right age and background to back it up, if not, it's just not interesting. I could compare it to watch a school project, if you don't know the person that created the movie (and think that person is interesting) it just not gonna fly...Neva Eva... Maybe i was a little hard on Sid when i gave a 1 of 10 but i felt cheated of my spare time giving the film a go because the overall rating was so high. I just hope no other people gets cheated or misled like i did on the rating..

I thought In with Thieves was a stand out indie movie. You won't find A List Hollywood names in this one but you will find some new actors that could be breakout stars in the near future. I've gotta disagree with the reviewer from Sweden. This movie offers a lot in my opinion. The movie had me hooked early because it told a cool story about the Albanian Mob working with American gangsters to go after a Cuban kingpin that practices voodoo. The lines were sharp and smart. There is a great story told by a gangster about an Albanian warlord. The action was raw. In one scene a drug junkie gets his nuts cut off. That was brutal to see. Plenty of action in this one to keep you watching. The femme fatale played by Arnita Champion is unforgettable. To break it down In with Thieves is a killer gangster movie to me because it gave me a lot more than I expected from an indie movie. The picture and sound were professional. The love scenes were extremely sexy and well done. I highly recommend you watch this one for yourself. Director Sid Kali has made a fan out of me.