The Thieves

Ratings: 7.2/10

Film Class: B

Genre: Comedy Action (Korean)

Featuring a star studded cast, The Thieves is about 2 professional groups of thieves joining forces to rob a casino of a high value diamond called the "Tear of the Sun" (where have I heard that before?). One group of thieves are from Korea, the other from Hong Kong. Joining the gang of thieves from Korea is *drum roll* Gianna Jun, best known for her role in My Sassy Girl (Korean version). Well, she's the only famous Korean star I know, whom I didn't quite recognise only until after the movie. Thanks to her, she brought testosterone spiking hotsomeness to the movie... 

As for the group from Hong Kong, there's Simon Yam and Angelica Lee (Malaysian actress who acted in Singapore's very own horror movie, The Eye). It was refreshing to see such a diverse group of stars acting together, and the 5 stars who really stole the limelight were lead star, Yun-seok Kim as Macao Park, the mastermind of the heist, Simon Yam, Gianna Jun, Angelica Lee and Hye-su Kim, Macao Park's old flame. Everyone has their own agenda in the heist, and there's more than meets the eye than simply the Tear of the Sun.

Expect lotsa double crossing action, twists and cheekily funny scenes. *major spoilers ahead* I love Simon Yam's "going down" scene the most, followed by Macao Park's suave mighty mouse's "Here I come to save the day" attitude. Even the ultimate villian, Wei Hong's presence was intimidatingly cool. First I've seen a villain so cool-ly walking through scenes of flying bullets (without much corniness) and shooting with dead-accurate zest. Also, there was even a never-before-seen action scene of building-scaling fights.

The Thieves is like a Korean version of Ocean's Eleven, with a hint of Mission Impossible. Despite having a star studded cast and an interesting plot, I didn't give it such a high rating because it lacks class. There's nothing about it which wows me, yet everything about it makes the viewing a fun experience.