"Layton does without the distinctive indirect mannerisms and meta-commentaries of his earlier movies, but he applies his pedal to the metal for what is an enjoyable and very stylish high-stakes armed robbery film about a thief who is highly controlled, super-cool, super-groomed, and naturally looking for the walkaway money of the time-honoured one last job. This is Mike (played by Chris Hemsworth), who with his sleek black performance cars and Glock handguns, commits jewel robberies with the laudably nonviolent precision of a ballet-dancing brain surgeon."
"He is controlled by a leathery old tough guy called Money (Nick Nolte), who once upon a time mentored Mike out of foster care and into crime. But Mike's hits are all along California's Route 101, a pattern spotted by LAPD's single honest cop, detective Lou Lubesnick (Mark Ruffalo), as dishevelled and smart as Columbo. When things go horribly wrong, Mike develops qualms about the whole business, and Money looks like replacing him with Ormon (Barry Keoghan): an undisciplined, trigger-happy youngster who rides a flashy, attention-attracting motorbike uncool and has dyed blond hair (also uncool)."
The film is a stylish, high-stakes Los Angeles crime thriller adapted from a Don Winslow novella. A controlled, impeccably groomed thief named Mike (Chris Hemsworth) conducts precise, nonviolent jewel robberies with sleek cars and Glock handguns along California's Route 101. Mike answers to an old mentor called Money (Nick Nolte) who rescued him from foster care and runs the crew. Detective Lou Lubesnick (Mark Ruffalo) notices the pattern and pursues the case. Tensions rise when Mike recruits insurance agent Sharon (Halle Berry) for inside information and hesitates to tell his girlfriend Maya (Monica Barbaro) about his crimes. A volatile younger thief, Ormon (Barry Keoghan), threatens Mike's place.
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