Steal (film)

2002 film by Gérard Pirès

Steal

Directed by| Gérard Pirès
Written by| Mark Ezra
adapted by Gérard Pirès
Produced by| Éric Altmayer
Nicolas Altmayer
Michael Cowan
Jason Piette
Starring| Stephen Dorff
Natasha Henstridge
Bruce Payne
Steven Berkoff
Clé Bennett
Karen Cliche
Steven McCarthy
Alain Goulem
Cinematography| Tetsuo Nagata
Edited by| Véronique Lange
Music by| Andy Gray
Distributed by| Helkon SK Film Distribution (United Kingdom)
Alliance Atlantis Releasing (Canada)
SND Films (France)
Remstar Media Partners

Release date

* November 12, 2002 (2002-11-12)

Running time

| 81 minutes[1]
Countries| Canada
France
United Kingdom
Language| English
Budget| $15 million[2]
Box office| $7.6 million[3]

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

## Plot

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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 evades capture from the police, led by "hardboiled cop"[4] Lieutenant Macgruder (Bruce Payne), but an anonymous individual seems to know who they are and threatens to inform the police unless they undertake a robbery for him. Enter the Mob, represented by underworld enforcer Surtayne (Steven Berkoff), who instructs the group to work for them also or they will all be killed. Slim becomes romantically involved with Karen (Natasha Henstridge), a police detective who distrusts Macgruder, and to save her and his friends escape from the threat of the anonymous man and the Mob, Slim concocts a daring robbery.

## Cast

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* 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
* Steven McCarthy as Frank
* Alain Goulem as Pandelis
* Andreas Apergis as Nixdorfer
* Tom McCamus as Jerry
* Andy Bradshaw as Sargeant Garret
* David Gow as Charlie/Brinks
* Jamie Orchard as Newsreader
* Stephen Spreekmeester as Eddie/Brinks
* Mariusz Sibiga as Police officer

## Release

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Steal received a limited release in the United States on 25 April 2003, grossing $220,994. It went on to gross a total of $7,622,383 worldwide.[5]

## Reception

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The film has a rating of 29% on the film review website Rotten Tomatoes.[6] BBC's Neil Smith awarded the film 2 out of 5 stars, calling it "gloriously terrible"[7] and accusing it of trying to latch on to the popularity of xXx and Extreme Ops. He found an upside in fight choreography.[7]

## References

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1. ^ BBFC. "Steal". BBFC. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
2. ^ "Steal (2003) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
3. ^ "Steal". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
4. ^ Evans, Tim. "Steal Movie Review". Sky. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
5. ^ "Steal (a.k.a. Riders)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
6. ^ "Riders (Steal) (2002)". Rotten Tomatoes. 5 April 2005. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
7. ^ a b Smith, Neil. "Steal (2003)". BBC. Retrieved 31 August 2015.

## External links

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* Steal at IMDb
* Steal at Rotten Tomatoes