One of my all time favorites.

Nice effects though.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

The Code, or Thick As Thieves as it's known on DVD in some regions, is pretty much just Morgan Freeman and Antonio Banderas strutting their way through a B-grade, R-rated Ocean's Eleven. It's second tier stuff, but it has one hell of a cast and enough serpentine twists and betrayals to keep the viewer interested. Freeman plays a slick master burglar, recruiting Banderas' younger thief to pull off one of those 'impossible' heists that requires all kinds of over elaborate planning and stylish execution. This is all in order to pay an outstanding debt to the Russian mob in the form of dangerous Rade Serbedzija, aka Boris the Blade, aka Boris the Bullet Dodger, who has a few surprising secrets of his own. All of them are also hounded by a classically dogged detective (Robert Forster, intensely excellent) and his rookie partner, who of all people is played by Tom Hardy in a role so small and random I'd love to hear the tale behind his casting. There's also an obligatory love interest for Antonio, played by leggy Radha Mitchell. Now, it's all mostly as pedestrian as it sounds, except for a few garnishing touches that elevate it just enough that it sticks in your memory. The master thief. The Ahab-esque cop. The vicious Eastern European gangster. The love triangle. Backstabbing. These are all ancient archetypes that have been done quite literally to death, and they're all present and accounted for here, but there's a few moments that genuinely surprise and break feee of that somewhat. Revelations involving the Russian who isn't what he appears to be, a third act twist that feels welcome, and snares of dialogue that snap our attention amidst the clichés. For what it is, it does its job well enough, and a few times shows actual inspiration. Not bad at all.

This feels like a made-for-TV movie that somehow got some big actors attached to it.The directing is lacklustre, there is no style here at all, it is like the sweepings of the cutting floor of every other heist film.The pace is OK, things are continuously happening, but there is never a feeling of impetus, even as we get towards the end.Freeman and Banderas are sleep-walking through the film, they are acceptable in their roles but certainly not interesting and Mitchell seems to be playing a parody of every honest, determined cop.The dialogue is terrible, all clichés and no imagination. The plot is pretty standard, all the clichés with nothing new added. The opening sequence is especially ridiculous and unbelievable.The twists at the end are OK, there are a few and I didn't expect all of them.It's not a terrible movie it's just completely forgettable, a sort paint-by-numbers heist film. Watchable if you have absolutely nothing else to watch.

I can barely think of anything that made this movie special, and yet, I still had fun watching it. For me the plot was very entertaining even though it wasn't very great. The most I liked the little twist in the movie. I have to admit, it surprised me. While the movie had an extremely boring story in the beginning, it improved a lot after that twist. In the end Banderas looked like a loser, yet Hollywood managed to end the movie with a (almost) typical Hollywood ending. (Kind of interesting.)Banderas, nor Freeman have been exactly bad, yet, they couldn't convince me in their role as master thieves. The dialogs haven't been exactly great, yet, they managed to entertain me. Visually the movie was uninteresting. The action was pretty much non-existent. (So don't expect an action movie!) Still, the movie wasn't as bad as many other writers claimed here. There are way less inspired, less creative, more cliché- ridden and boring movies made in Hollywood these days.

This heist movie, also known as THE CODE, is pretty much a let down. It seems to run over itself before any interest cumulates. Even the trailers don't garner many reasons to watch unless you are a Morgan Freeman or Antonio Banderas fan. Even they can't save this one. Freeman plays an aging art thief thinking about something big enough to retire on; but he owes the Russian underworld; and they want him to steal a pair of Faberge eggs. Freeman ends up joining a younger accomplice(Banderas)on this heist. The two see the 'codes of thievery' a bit differently; but its them against the Russian underworld. The plot is thin and the dialog is about understandable as the many plot twists that prove to be not needed. Others in the cast: Radha Mitchell, Robert Forster, Marcel Lures and Antony Byrne.