Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

Marketic It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

gavin6942 Two master thieves go at odds with one another as one sets the other up for a crime. The first (Alec Baldwin), a suave pro who does his job and then hides in his own privacy, listening to old jazz records and caring for his ailing dog, Wally. The other is a local gangster with a taste for the finer life, who decides to eliminate the competition. This ignites a war between the two men and their aides.This is quite a good film, and despite my growing up in the 90s, I never heard of it until today (August 2013). How did that happen? I am not saying it is the lost "Citizen Kane" or anything on that level, but it is a good criminal versus criminal sort of film, and we can never have too many of those.The cast is also quite good, with Baldwin, Andre Baugher, Janeane Garofalo... people really ought to check it out.

mcfine I rented this movie just cause I couldn't find anything better and I noticed some fairly big actors in the movie. I was expecting the usual mildly entertaining made for TV movie but boy was I pleasantly surprised! This movie is just too freaking funny.The film is a dark type of comedy. Witty like the Tarantino and Guy Ritchie but done with a very mellow jazzy style. I loved just about all the characters in the movie. Michael Jai White's character had me rolling. A thug on a "renaissance tip" trying way too hard to mask his ghetto side. Baldwin plays a professional thief with a dark side but an affectionate love for his old dog. Sugar Bear and the rest were all equally funny.I watched this movie 3 times on the same rental and a couple more times after that. Great stuff. All my friends that I recommended it to all love it and we find ourselves making jokes with some of the lines in the movie. I am glad the movie wasn't hyped or "hollywoodized" cause the low key tone of the movie fits the quiet release.

zadisan I have seen this film just by chance, and I have enjoyed it a lot. Alec Baldwin and Rebecca De Mornay are just fine, but without any doubt, it is Michael Jai White the spice of Thick as Thieves. Besides, Andre Braugher is superb too. The story? Nothing new, an old plot we all have seen many times before, but you should give this film an opportunity.

Rambimbo A crime lord decides to double-cross a professional thief that the higher-ups in his organization hired for a food stamp heist. Naturally, the professional thief evades the trap, but then decides to get even. As things escalate the cops become more and more interested. So do the chiefs of the organization, who realize that all this unwanted attention is bad for business, and finally find themselves having to arbitrate the situation.This is a well made crime movie. The movie starts with a humorous scene featuring a cameo by Janeane Garofalo where she and Alec Baldwin deadpan some lies to each other. This scene doesn't lead to anywhere, but is very hip.The movie goes pretty fast through its story with plenty of smart, breezy dialogue. As always, Alec Baldwin is good, but is outshown by Michael Jai White and Andre Braugher, who play the crime lord and his top lieutenant respectively. White plays a not so bright but vicious crime lord with upwardly mobile aspirations. Braugher hits just the right notes of dismayed resignation as he contemplates his boss' follies. Rebecca DeMornay also has a great character to play - a hard-boiled police detective who has seen it all but remains a half-step behind the action. There are lots of well-crafted minor characters as well. The sound track also deserves a special note (no pun intended).It you've seen all the Tarantino and Tarantino-esque movies, and are looking for more, this movie would fit the bill.