King of Thieves (2018) - 2/5
This movie was slow and boring, an especially egregious fault in a heist movie. It combines a drama about aging and recapturing spent youth with a jewel heist but doesn’t bother to blend the two genres, leaving the final product disjointed and stodgy. The impressive list of acting talent is undercut by flaccid dialogue and weak stakes. There’s no reason to waste time on this film when there are so many better alternatives for whatever you were hoping to get out of it.
Closest comparison: It’s like Going In Style (2017) by way of The Irishman.
Setting: Heist
Plot: Heist
Tone: Drama