12/3/2023 0 Comments Watch honest thief![]() ![]() The chemistry with the FBI agents felt natural, chaotic, and understandable they played off each other and Neeson well. It was a cat and mouse game juggling different lives and characters constantly keeping you guessing when the other shoe will drop and how it will play out. Nothing is grand or outrageously wild but the gravitas and emotional weight of Neeson’s story and performance carry the heart and weight of the film effortlessly. Once Neeson goes to turn himself in, everything goes up in the air and the film launches into a tense, continuously amped up thriller that manages to remain low key but still gripping and surprising. ![]() ![]() “Honest Thief” is by no means on “Mandalorian’s” level but the same principle stands: sometimes simple works and that can make for an entertaining film without being overly complicated. Similar to how Disney’s “The Mandalorian” approaches storytelling, they take a very simple bare-bones concept and make it work with its stellar characters, writing, and action sequences. In some ways, this film is pretty predictable for Neeson’s standard fare, but with slim to zero expectations, I found myself really enjoying this film even though there wasn’t anything truly special here. “Honest Thief” feels like another run of the mill Neeson lead action flick where he runs around being a middle-aged badass proving to be a modern Stallone/Schwarzenegger style star when most of those guys were pulling back when they were Neeson’s age. Normally that latter strategy is one I avoid as I feel it’s important to know what I’m putting my money into before committing to it. Some people go into films with high expectations and some go in with very low expectations, and then you get the people who have zero expectations and just plan to walk in and see what happens without even knowing what the movie is about. Now Tom is on the run with the FBI thinking he’s fleeing from FBI custody and has to prove his name before he and Annie end up locked up or worse. Unfortunately, things get complicated when he tries to turn himself over to two FBI agents (Jai Courtney and Anthony Ramos) and they end up double-crossing him and trying to kill him so they can keep the full 9 million for themselves. He’s found love in Annie (Kate Walsh) and wishes to confess and be an honest man spending the rest of his free life with her once he’s released from prison. But now he’s decided to turn himself into the FBI. Tom Dolan (Liam Neeson) goes by the name “The In and Out bandit.” Over the course of several years, Tom has successfully stolen 9 million dollars from small-time banks and has never been caught or identified. “Honest Thief” was my first experiment with that and thankfully, it proved to pay off in the end. This year, I barely knew anything about the majority of the movies being released to the point, I didn’t even watch their trailers and decided to roll the dice and go in blind without knowing anything about the film. Usually, I know about movies years in advance due to my diligent research but lesser, small-sized films tend to slip through my radar and I end up not knowing much about them when they come out. With so many big tent pole movies getting shoved off to be released god knows when or reduced to a measly direct to streaming service, my local theater could only offer re-showings of classic films or whatever slim pickings were left to put up. ![]()
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