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Crime 101

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• Crime/detective
• Romance

• 2026
• Bart Layton
• 140 mins
• 15

Summary

Cool-headed jewel thief Mike Davis has perfected rules and rituals to successfully carry out daring heists along US Highway 101 in California. Authorities cannot connect the robberies and Detective Lou Lubesnick is facing an uphill battle to prove his lone wolf theory to superiors.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Jeremy Aspinall

Bart Layton (American Animals) continues to explore his interest in criminal deception with his third feature, adapted from a Don Winslow novella. Chris Hemsworth stars as elusive jewel thief Mike Davis, whose meticulously executed robberies are bamboozling the Los Angeles police, though Mark Ruffalo's cop spots a pattern. Meanwhile, Davis wants to retire, causing his disgruntled handler (Nick Nolte) to secretly enlist Barry Keoghan's smash-and-grab loose cannon to usurp Mike's lucrative last job. And where does Halle Berry's disillusioned insurance broker fit into this increasingly tangled web? The urban thriller milieu, night-time neon landscape and involving heist narrative inevitably conjure echoes of Michael Mann's classic Heat. But the screenplay carves out its own path: Hemsworth's enigmatic mystery man is no ruthless killer, while the ever-watchable Ruffalo is more dishevelled detective than slick supercop. Layton sustains the slow-burning tension, punctuated by some riveting chases, as the characters circle one another on the way to a nerve-jangling, edge-of-the-seat climax where the outcome is anything but predictable.

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6.8/10

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Cast

rolenameMike / James DavisChris HemsworthDetective Lou LubesnickMark RuffaloSharonHalle BerryOrmonBarry KeoghanMayaMonica BarbaroTillmanCorey HawkinsMoneyNick NolteAngie LubesnickJennifer Jason LeighMonroeTate Donovan

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rolenameDirectorBart Layton

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Theatrical distributor

Sony

Released on

2026-02-13

Languages

English

Guidance

Violence, swearing, sexual references

Formats

Colour

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