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The Thieves (2012)

★ 6.7 · 329 ratings on TMDB

All for the money. One for the revenge. Every man for himself.

The Thieves poster★ 6.7

A gang of South Korean thieves team up with a Hong Kong crew to steal a diamond necklace from a heavily-guarded casino safe in Macau. As the cops close in, old betrayals — and misunderstandings — resurface.

DirectorChoi Dong-hoon
CastAngelica Lee Sin-Jie, Derek Tsang Kwok-Cheung, Gianna Jun, Kim Hae-sook, Kim Hye-soo, Kim Soo-hyun
GenresAction, Crime
The emergence reading

The Thieves keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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