I just watched King of Thieves. It is a British film based on a real life heist which I had never heard about before. The hook is that the thieves/hoodlums who pulled it off were mostly elderly men who had all the normal aging issues of incontinence, low energy, diabetes, etc It's not a comedy though. Though the men may be old they are still dangerous and often quite mean. The film is full of serious award winning actors such as Michael Caine, Jim Broadbent, and Ray Winstone. The film makes no allowances to American ears for British accents, cadence, and slang. Seemingly the plot stuck pretty closely to real life events. It might have been a more entertaining film had it diverged more from reality. Still, it's always a pleasure watching people like Caine and Broadbeat play off of each other.

Last edited by Lilo; 03/17/19 06:06 AM.

"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives."
Winter is Coming

Now this is the Law of the Jungleā€”as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die.
As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.