Steal (film)

Steal
Directed by	Gérard Pirès
Produced by	Eric Altmeyer Nicolas Altmeyer 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
Editing by	Véronique Lange
Release date(s)	2002
Running time	83 minutes
Country	Canada France United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	$15,000,000 (estimated)

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

Plot

Bruce Payne as Lt Macgruder

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. The group evade capture from the police, led by Lieutenant Macgruder (Bruce Payne), and plan even more daring robberies. But an anonymous individual seems to know who they all are and threatens to inform the police unless they undertake a robbery for him. Subsequently, the Mafia, represented by underworld enforcer Surtayne (Steven Berkoff), instruct the group to work for them, otherwise they will be killed. At the same time, Slim becomes romantically involved with Karen (Natasha Henstridge), a detective who distrusts Lieutenant Macgruder and believes that he is not doing all he can to find the bank robbers and bring them to justice. Ultimately Slim, the leader and brains of the group, hatches a plan for their final retirement: five consecutive burglaries, in five days, involving 20 million dollars. In the process of executing the robberies, the group turn the tables on the anonymous individual (who is revealed to be Lieutenant Macgruder) and the Mafia and escape with all of the money that they have stolen, to a foreign country. Karen comes to realise that Slim is one of the bank robbers but consoles herself with the arrest of Lieutenant Macgruder, as Otis had managed to plant some of the stolen money in his office while posing as a cleaner.

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
• Alain Goulem as Pandelis
• Andreas Apergis as Nixdorfer
• Tom McCamus as Jerry
• Andy Bradshaw as Sargeant Garret (as Anderson Chet Bradshaw)
• David Gow as Charlie / Brinks
• Jamie Orchard as Newsreader
• Stephen Spreekmeester as Eddie / Brinks
• Mariusz Sibiga as Police officer / Karen's street

Reception

The film has a rating of 29% on the film review website Rotten Tomatoes and 5.3 out of 10 on IMDB.

External links

• Steal at the Internet Movie Database
• Steal at Rotten Tomatoes