Steal (film)

Steal
Directed by	Gérard Pirès
Produced by	Éric Altmayer; Nicolas Altmayer; Michael Cowan; Jason Piette
Written by	Mark Ezra; adapted by Gérard Pirès
Starring	Stephen Dorff; Natasha Henstridge; Bruce Payne; Steven Berkoff; Clé Bennett; Karen Cliche; Steven McCarthy; Alain Goulem
Music by	Andy Gray
Cinematography	Tetsuo Nagata
Edited by	Véronique Lange
Release date	2002;
Running time	83 minutes
Country	Canada; France; United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	$15 million (est)

Steal (originally titled Riders) is a 2002 action film directed by Gérard Pirès and starring Stephen Dorff, Natasha Henstridge, Bruce Payne, and Steven Berkoff. It was written by Mark Ezra and Pirès.

Plot

Slim (Stephen Dorff) Frank (Steven McCarthy) Otis (Cle Bennett) and Alex (Karen Cliche) are a group of youthful bank robbers who commit their crimes anonymously and in innovative ways involving extreme sports such as skating and snowboarding. Led by Lieutenant Macgruder (Bruce Payne) The group evades capture from the police, 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 as Slim
Natasha Henstridge as Karen
Bruce Payne as Lt Macgruder
Steven Berkoff as Surtayne
Cle Bennett as Otis
Karen Cliche as Alex
Steven McCarthy as Frank
Alain Goulem as Pandelis
Andreas Apergis as Nixdorfer
Tom McCamus as Jerry
Anderson Chet Bradshaw as Sargeant Garret
David Gow as Charlie/Brinks
Jamie Orchard 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,[1] and received a 15 certificate by the British Board of Film Classification.[2]

Reception

The film has a rating of 29% on the film review website Rotten Tomatoes.[3] BBC's Neil Smith awarded the film 2 out of 5 stars, calling it "gloriously terrible"[2] and accusing it of trying to latch on to the popularity of xXx and Extreme Ops. He found an upside in fight choreography.[2]

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References

"Steal (a.k.a. Riders)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
Smith, Neil. "Steal (2003)". BBC. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
"Riders (Steal) (2002)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 31 August 2015.

External links

Steal on IMDb
Steal at Rotten Tomatoes

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[mojo-1] "Steal (a.k.a. Riders)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.

[bbc_review-2] Smith, Neil. "Steal (2003)". BBC. Retrieved 31 August 2015.

[rt-3] "Riders (Steal) (2002)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 31 August 2015.