Feature2013·90m·6.2

The Art of the Steal

It takes a great artist to pull off the perfect con.

ComedyCrime

Crunch Calhoun, a third-rate motorcycle daredevil and part-time art thief, teams up with his snaky brother to steal one of the most valuable books in the world. But it's not just about the book for Crunch — he's keen to rewrite some chapters of his own past as well.

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Cast

Kurt Russell

Crunch Calhoun

Matt Dillon

Nicky Calhoun

Jay Baruchel

Francie

Kenneth Welsh

'Uncle' Paddy MacCarthy

Chris Diamantopoulos

Guy de Cornet

Katheryn Winnick

Lola

Jason Jones

Interpol Agent Bick

Terence Stamp

Samuel Winter

Devon Bostick

Ponch

Karyn Dwyer

Ginger

Joe Pingue

Carmen

Stephen McHattie

Dirty Ernie

Eugene Lipinski

Bartkowiak

Elle Downs

Female Border Guard

Dax Ravina

Sunny

Rob deLeeuw

Van Der Beer

Christopher Dyson

Ranking Officer

Jasmin Geljo

Detective Brodowski

Vieslav Krystyan

Detective Kumik

Maria Lerinman

Belly dancer

Details

Status
Released
Original language
English
Languages
English
Budget
Revenue
$64,065
Age rating
Quality
4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
Production
Darius FilmsEntertainment OneTéléfilm CanadaAstral MediaThe Weinstein CompanyStage 6 Films

Crew

Director

Jonathan Sobol

Writers

Jonathan Sobol

Adam Swica

Director of Photography

Geoff Ashenhurst

Editor

Matthew Davies

Production Design

Grayson Matthews

Original Music Composer

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Reviews

Reno

1/14/2017

6.0

**The two half-brothers and the art heist.** I like heist movies, once they were making great ones, but not anymore. I have heard about this, though haven't seen it till now. Seems it's a decent film, but came at the wrong time of the history. You know, the same film 15-20 years ago would have made a better impact among people, as well as commercially. Nowadays, the youngsters want only superhero action-sci-fi films. That should not be the reason for a film's failure. Instead, they should have improved it in lots of areas. But still I liked a few things from it, like the information about mixing the real art with the fake ones, but still it remains as the real. The film is about two half-brothers. They are the art thieves and they have done many jobs together, but in their final one, one of them betrays. So the rest of the narration sets in a few years later when they join hands for another big art heist sidelining their differences. They form a big team and this time they are watchful over each other. Now comes the final act where the actual event takes place and with a twist the story comes to an end. An enjoyable film, little funny and had some good moments, But overall film was predictable, including the twist. Could be the director's best film so far. Kurt Russell was just okay, but expected a lot. The rest of the cast in this multi-starrer, does not look good, though contributed. Maybe the film characters were weaker than the story. They should have focused more on them to progress it, so it would have achieved the success they were looking for than what a few people praising it. I think it's okay for a watch with the low expectation. _6/10_