Sunday 27 January 2019

King of Thieves (2018 James Marsh)

Marsh directed The Theory of Everything and Man On Wire. Written by Joe Penhall (The Long Firm) and Mark Seal, this is much better than The Hatton Garden Job. Wonderful fast editing from Jinx Godfrey and Nick Moore keeps it lively. Great one-of-a-kind cast comprising Michael Caine, Jim Broadbent (scary), Ray Winstone, Tom Courtenay, Paul Whitehouse, Michael Gambon and Charlie Cox (The Theory of Everything, Glorious 39).



I like the silent cop pursuit scenes and the fact that we don't really understand what a bunch of bastards these criminals are until we're well advanced. Little flashes of old movies add zing.

Shot by Danny Cohen.

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