In with Thieves

In with Thieves was one of the most original low budget films I've seen. The story itself was bold by including the Albanian Mafia, a voodoo driven Cuban cartel, African blood diamond smugglers, and American burglars. There is a lot going on in this film to keep viewers guessing which way things will turn out. The plot does get slightly muddled at points, but not enough to get distracting.

There were a few excellent unknown actors in this one. Including Edward Gusts who plays a junkie and Jennifer Day as a spoiled wife. I will admit the sexiness factor of Jennifer Day is hard to over look. The curious angle on this film is the unabashed nudity. I'm not sure how much was planned originally, but there is a lot of skin in this one. So much so a review is featured on Mr. Skin. Personally I am not against gratuitous nudity. I don't fancy myself as a prude.

There were many highly dramatic scenes in this one. A good old fashioned hardboiled gangster film. I felt that the lines were sharp and smart. I would have liked to see more venues for action to happen in this low budget offering. Oceans this is not. I was entertained through out. The opening and ending are memorable. I purchased this on Amazon without any regret. This is the type of film I could watch more than once.

The only negative I really can mention is a long speech by an Albanian gangster. There seemed to be an audio problem that was distracting to me. Otherwise this one is a winner in my book.

This movie was hot! A flat out killer crime story that pays off big time. Gotta love a gangster movie that pushes things. Let me tick off my list of what brought the heat on this one.

1. Totally original story with the voodoo cartel, albanian mafia, and mixed race thief crew that was both irish and puerto rican. Nice touch on that! 2. Action was cool. I never knew who the next murder victim was going to be.

3. Nudity a HUGE bonus. Can't lie. Female cast was sexy as it gets. Loved seeing it.

4. Acting was great. What a cast.

5. Picture looked beautiful.

I was surprised to get so much from a indy crime movie. No complaints from me. I rented it. Now I just ordered it from Amazon for keeps. In With Thieves was on fire.

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.

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.

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.