''Steal'' (originally titled ''Riders'') is a 2002
action film
Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include l ...
directed by
Gérard Pirès
Gérard Pirès (born 31 August 1942) is a French film director and writer.
Filmography
* '' Guo bao zong dong yuan'' (''Adventures in the NPM'') (2007)
* '' Les Chevaliers du ciel'' (''Sky Fighters'') (2005)
* '' Double zéro'' (2004)
* ''Steal' ...
and starring
Stephen Dorff
Stephen Hartley Dorff Jr. (born July 29, 1973) is an American actor. He is known for portraying Roland West in the third season of HBO's crime drama anthology series ''True Detective'', PK in '' The Power of One'', Stuart Sutcliffe in ''Back ...
,
Natasha Henstridge,
Bruce Payne
Bruce Martyn Payne (born 22 November 1958) is an English actor, producer, screenwriter, film director and theatre director. Payne is best known for portraying villains, such as Charles Rane in '' Passenger 57'', Jacob Kell in '' Highlander: En ...
, and
Steven Berkoff. It was written by
Mark Ezra and Pirès.
Plot
Slim (
Stephen Dorff
Stephen Hartley Dorff Jr. (born July 29, 1973) is an American actor. He is known for portraying Roland West in the third season of HBO's crime drama anthology series ''True Detective'', PK in '' The Power of One'', Stuart Sutcliffe in ''Back ...
), Frank (
Steven McCarthy), Otis (
Cle Bennett), and Alex (
Karen Cliche
Karen Cliche (; born July 22, 1976) is a Canadians, Canadian Actor, actress. She is known for her roles as a regular on the television series ''Vampire High'', ''Adventure Inc.'', ''Mutant X (TV series), Mutant X'', ''Young Blades'' and ''Flash G ...
) are a group of youthful bank robbers who commit their crimes anonymously and in innovative ways involving extreme sports such as
skating and
snowboarding. The group evades capture from the
police
The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and th ...
, led by "hardboiled cop"
Lieutenant Macgruder (
Bruce Payne
Bruce Martyn Payne (born 22 November 1958) is an English actor, producer, screenwriter, film director and theatre director. Payne is best known for portraying villains, such as Charles Rane in '' Passenger 57'', Jacob Kell in '' Highlander: En ...
), but an anonymous individual seems to know who they are and threatens to inform the police unless they undertake a robbery for him. Enter the Mob, represented by underworld enforcer Surtayne (
Steven Berkoff), who instructs the group to work for them also or they will all be killed. Slim becomes romantically involved with Karen (
Natasha Henstridge), a police detective who distrusts Macgruder, and to save her and his friends escape from the threat of the anonymous man and the Mob, Slim concocts a daring robbery.
Cast
*
Stephen Dorff
Stephen Hartley Dorff Jr. (born July 29, 1973) is an American actor. He is known for portraying Roland West in the third season of HBO's crime drama anthology series ''True Detective'', PK in '' The Power of One'', Stuart Sutcliffe in ''Back ...
as Slim
*
Natasha Henstridge as Karen
*
Bruce Payne
Bruce Martyn Payne (born 22 November 1958) is an English actor, producer, screenwriter, film director and theatre director. Payne is best known for portraying villains, such as Charles Rane in '' Passenger 57'', Jacob Kell in '' Highlander: En ...
as Lt Macgruder
*
Steven Berkoff as Surtayne
*
Cle Bennett as Otis
*
Karen Cliche
Karen Cliche (; born July 22, 1976) is a Canadians, Canadian Actor, actress. She is known for her roles as a regular on the television series ''Vampire High'', ''Adventure Inc.'', ''Mutant X (TV series), Mutant X'', ''Young Blades'' and ''Flash G ...
as Alex
*
Steven McCarthy as Frank
*Alain Goulem as Pandelis
*Andreas Apergis as Nixdorfer
*
as Jerry
*Andy Bradshaw as Sargeant Garret
*David Gow as Charlie/Brinks
*
Jamie Orchard
Jamie Orchard is a Canadian journalist. She is the host and news anchor for Global Montreal's weekday evening news program.
She was born and raised in the Montreal suburb of Brossard, Quebec. She graduated from Concordia University
Concord ...
as Newsreader
*Stephen Spreekmeester as Eddie/Brinks
*Mariusz Sibiga as Police officer
Release
''Steal'' received a
limited release in the United States on 25 April 2003, grossing $220,994. It went on to gross a total of $7,622,383 worldwide. It was not rated by the
Motion Picture Association of America
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,
and received a
15 certificate by the British Board of Film Classification.
Reception
The film has a rating of 29% on the film review website
Rotten Tomatoes
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's Neil Smith awarded the film 2 out of 5 stars, calling it "gloriously terrible"
''. He found an upside in
.