Thief

Michael Mann's first foray into major movies has it all--intricate story, sleek visuals,and superlative acting led by James Caan, and the dynamite debut of Robert Prosky as his fiendly nemisis. Wow!!!... Full review

Michael Mann's first foray into major movies has it all--intricate story, sleek visuals,and superlative acting led by James Caan, and the dynamite debut of Robert Prosky as his fiendly nemisis. Wow!!!... Full review

Having made the very good TV movie Jericho Mile, Michael Mann began his big screen career with this 1981 film about a thief (James Caan) who has to choose between his life as an independent small time hustler or step up... Full review

Having made the very good TV movie Jericho Mile, Michael Mann began his big screen career with this 1981 film about a thief (James Caan) who has to choose between his life as an independent small time hustler or step up... Full review

"Thief" is a film based around the story of ex-con and successful thief 'Frank' played by the under-rated James Caan.Frank covers the tracks of his criminal career by running a successful car-dealership and a few bars, when he does a job... Full review

"Thief" is a film based around the story of ex-con and successful thief 'Frank' played by the under-rated James Caan.Frank covers the tracks of his criminal career by running a successful car-dealership and a few bars, when he does a job... Full review

"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

I think this is one of the best movies that James Caan has ever made story line was great. supporting actors were realy good even Willie Nelson... Full review

Michael Mann's big screen debut is a stylish, visual delight and a taught and gripping thriller. James Caan plays the Thief. He is a master of his trade and strives to make his life a thing he dreamed of whilst in... Full review

Michael Mann's big screen debut is a stylish, visual delight and a taught and gripping thriller. James Caan plays the Thief. He is a master of his trade and strives to make his life a thing he dreamed of whilst in... Full review

Mr. Prosky's skills as an actor were as finely turned as the handcrafted wooden pens he made as a hobby. The Sunday Mail, a London newspaper, said that Mr. Prosky's acting gave the transition "the smoothness of a first-class magic act. ... Full Review

If Michael Mann's storytelling approach seems a bit cool, it is an approach intended to be as distinctive and effective as any Forties or Fifties noir, and Caan's performance ranks among his very best, making Thief a crime movie worth viewing. This was Mann's first feature film, and it is a dark and gritty contemporary noir, full of the staples of the genre: irrefutable past, untenable situations, irreversible fate. ... Full Review

It is a tense, exciting, sophisticated, and entertaining film. A lot of the ground in this film has been trod before and since, but Mann has a way of making it all come together in a new and meaningful way. ... Full Review

There's a splendid prodigality to Jordan's filmmaking. Nice and Cannes haven't looked this good on film since Hitchcock's "To Catch a Thief," and this is a better, darker story, with a more entertainingly perverse gallery of rogues and thieves. ... Full Review

This movie works so well for several reasons. At a time when thrillers have been devalued by the routine repetition of the same dumb chases, sex scenes, and gunfights, " Thief " is completely out of the ordinary. Another is that it's well cast ... 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

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

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