Thief

"Thief" may fool some viewers into overlooking just how intelligently made it is, mainly because of how dated it initially appears. Its full of quick cuts, a pounding Tangerine Dream score, and flashy cars and clothing. Knowing that Michael Mann... Full review

Saw this in the theater at it's release. Went back the next weekend and scenes were cut. They remain cut in every version I've seen since. Frank snaps chalk lines off traces of blueprints onto the safe face in the... Full review

The movie that started his career and what a way to start. Realism is played out to the hilt and nothing is left to chance with this brilliant book to movie adaptation. James Caan is at the top of his... Full review

James Caan has one the his best roles of his career in this stylish crime saga. Caan plays a professional thief who wants to have it both ways; a normal family life during the day, and an exciting criminal life... Full review

Michael Mann's debut film shows signs of greatness and what would follow. Mr. Mann is a man that knows how to get the best out of his movies, as he clearly shows in the 1981 "Thief". His adaptation of Frank... Full review

Don't you hate films where the technically impossible (or ludicrous) is offered up for your consumption by directors too lazy to do research? You know the movies I'm talking about...conspiracy buffs remotely tap into cameras that aren't even connected to... Full review

THIEF (1981) *** James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Willie Nelson, James Belushi, Robert Prosky. Michael Mann's atmospheric and realistic profile of a seasoned professional thief (Caan in a brilliant turn) out for one lucrative score with a dream to lead a... Full review

'Thief' is one of the most underrated movies of the 1980s, if not of all time. Made in the early 80s by TV veteran Michael Mann, and co-produced by the future "king" of action blockbusters Jerry Bruckheimer, this movie can... Full review

Even though this film was made only a little over two decades ago, I consider it a film-noir classic! James Caan said once that this was the film he was in that he was proudest of next to The Godfather.... Full review

Thief(1981) contains the best performance of James Caan as a professional thief in a rare leading role. He is complex and three deminsional as the protagonist, Frank. Thief(1981) is similar in many ideas to the Dustin Hoffman film, Straight Time(1977).... Full review

Black (and white, with a little technicolor thrown in) is back this year at the Ninth annual Arthur Lyons Film Noir Film Festival in Palm Springs. ... Full Article

Connect to Facebook/Twitter, recommend via email and much more. I must say I?ve been a little surprised at some of the choices the major movie studios have made in their first couple of years of DVD releases. ... Full Article

Before there was Collateral , before there was Heat , even before there was the TV version of 'Miami Vice', Michael Mann made Thief , a career criminal drama that bares all the markings of his later, greater films. ... Full Article

"Some people make acting more complicated than it needs to be. I don't want to know that an actor lived in a cave for 12 days so that he could prepare for a part." ... Full Article

Director Michael Mann made his stylish feature-film debut with this brutally realistic, terrifically acted crime drama. James Caan stars as a professional thief who wants to make one last big score so he can settle down with his girlfriend (... ... Full Article