"It's not an imitation of anything it has a mind and style all of its own. The character-driven thriller with its insanely A-list cast Chris Hemsworth, Halle Berry, Mark Ruffalo, Barry Keoghan, Bay Area native Monica Barbaro and even Nick Nolte doesn't merely pay lip service to a genre it obviously adores in each of its Los Angeles-filmed-and-set frames. This is a highly intelligent thriller that, on its own terms, is one of the best heist movies ever made."
"Not only does it have that dynamite cast Berry and Hemsworth, in particular, deliver some of their best work but it's based on a novella written by a master of crime thrillers Don Winslow. Haven't read him? You should. Hailed by Stephen King and James Patterson and countless other authors and critics, Winslow wrote the novella that Crime 101 is based on."
Crime 101 is a noir-saturated, character-driven heist thriller centered on a rash of robberies along Highway 101 in Southern California involving a cop, a hothead and a claims adjuster drawn into the crimes. The film integrates nostalgic references to Steve McQueen classics like Bullitt and The Thomas Crown Affair in ways that advance a serpentine plot rather than merely paying homage. The Los Angeles-set production features an A-list ensemble including Chris Hemsworth, Halle Berry, Mark Ruffalo, Barry Keoghan, Monica Barbaro and Nick Nolte. The story adapts a Don Winslow novella and emphasizes compromised characters facing moral dilemmas in a world of power, money and corruption, building to an original, satisfying finale without spoon-feeding viewers.
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