The Thieves

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• Movie: The Thieves
• Revised romanization: Dodookdeul
• Hangul: 도둑들
• Director: Choi Dong-Hun
• Writer: Choi Dong-Hun, Lee Gi-Cheol
• Producer: Kim Sung-Min, Jung Moon-Goo
• Cinematographer: Choi Young-Hwan
• Release Date: July 25, 2012
• Runtime: 135 min.
• Genre: Crime / Action / Heist / Award Winning
• Distributor: Showbox/Mediaplex
• Language: Korean
• Country: South Korea

Plot

Popie (Lee Jung-Jae), Yenicall (Gianna Jun), Chewingum (Kim Hae-Suk) and Zampano (Kim Soo-Hyun) are a team of professional thieves in South Korea. After they score a valuable antique vase, they hear from Macao Park (Kim Yun-Seok) in which he proposes a highly lucrative new job in Macau. Meanwhile, Pepsee (Kim Hye-Soo) is released from prison on a special pardon.

A few years back Macao Park, Pepsee and Popie worked together as a crew. Macao Park and Pepsee were also in a romantic relationship. Then, while stealing gold bars, Macao Park's cable snapped in a elevator shaft and he disappeared with the gold bars. Pepsee was arrested shortly afterwards.

Now, Popie, Yenicall, Chewinggum and Zampano head off to Hong Kong to work with Macao Park. What Macao Park doesn't know is that Pepsee is also coming with them.

In Hong Kong, a separate crew awaits for the Korean thieves. The four Hong Kong thieves consists of Chen (Simon Yam), Andrew (Oh Dal-Su), Julie (Angelica Lee) and Johnny (Kwok Cheung Tsang). When the Hong Kong and Korean teams finally meet, tension rises immediately between the two groups. Macao Park then enters the meeting and lays out the plan. Their goal is to steal the "Tear of Sun" diamond. The diamond itself is currently in the possession of ruthless criminal Wei Yong. Furthermore, the diamond is stashed safely in the suite room of a Macau casino & resort. Macao Park also lays another bombshell. He can easily sell the "Tear of Sun" diamond for $20 million dollars.

Now the two teams work together in what will surely turn out to be the heist of their lives, but the 10 thieves all have their own agendas.

Notes

1. Filming began May, 2011 and finished December 7, 2011. Last scene filmed took place at Hotel Walkerhill in Seoul, South Korea and involved actor Kim Yun-Seok.
2. Over the movie's 6 months of filming, shooting took place in Macao, Hong Kong, Seoul, and Busan.
3. Early working English title was "The Thieves," then marketed as "The Professionals" and then set back to "The Thieves."
4. "The Thieves" became the first 2012 film to surpass 2 million ticket sales during its opening weekend in South Korea.
5. August 2, 2012 ( Day 9), "The Thieves" surpassed "Nameless Gangster" (4.6 million) to become the top selling domestic film in 2012 with 4.87 million tickets sold.
6. August 6, 2012 (Day 13), "The Thieves" surpassed U.S. film "The Avengers" (7.06 million) to become the top selling film in South Korea in 2012. After its 13th day, "The Thieves" has now sold a total of 7.27 million tickets.
7. August 15, 2012 (Day 22), "The Thieves" became only the 7th film to sell more than 10 million tickets in South Korea. The other 6 films are "Silmido" (11 million), "Haeundae" (11.39 million), "Taegukgi" (11.74), "The King and the Clown" (12.3 milllion), "The Host" (13 million) and "Avatar" (13.3 million).
8. August 26, 2012 (Day 33), "The Thieves" passed 12 million admissions in South Korea. Only three other films have accomplished this feat - "The King and the Clown" (12.3 milllion), "The Host" (13 million) and "Avatar" (13.3 million). At the end of the day, "The Thieves" stood at 12.09 million tickets sold.
9. August 30, 2012 (Day 37), "The Thieves" passed "The King and the Clown" (12.3 million) to become the 3rd all time best selling film in South Korea. At the end of the day. "The Thieves" has sold a total of 12.32 million tickets in South Korea.
10. "The Thieves" sold a total of 12.98 million tickets, trailing only "The Host" (13 million) and "Avatar" (13.3 million) to become the third best selling film at the South Korean box-office upon the end of its theatrical run.

Cast

Kim Yun-Seok	Kim Hye-Soo	Lee Jung-Jae	Gianna Jun	Kim Hae-Suk
Macao Park	Pepsee	Popie	Yenicall	Chewingum

Kim Soo-Hyun	Simon Yam	Oh Dal-Su	Angelica Lee	Kwok Cheung Tsang
Zampano	Chen	Andrew	Julie	Johnny

Ki Guk-Seo	Joo Jin-Mo	Ye Soo-Jung	Chae Gook-Hee	Shin Ha-Kyun
Wei Hong	detective	Tiffany	madame	Director of Art Gallery Lee

Additional Cast Members:

• Choi Deok-Mun - casino manager
• Jang Joon-Nyoung - detective

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Film Festivals

• 2012 (37th) Toronto International Film Festival - September 6-16, 2012 - Contemporary World Cinema
• 2012 (17th) Busan International Film Festival - October 4-13, 2012 - Open Cinema
• 2012 (45th) Sitges Film Festival - October 4-14, 2012 - Official Fantàstic Casa Asia
• 2012 (32nd) Hawaii International Film Festival - October 11-21, 2012 - Closing Film *U.S. Premiere
• 2012 (21st) Philadelphia Film Festival - October 18-28, 2012 - World Narrative
• 2013 (15th) Udine Far East Film - April 19-27, 2013 *Italian Premiere
• 2013 (15th) Deauville Asian Film Festival - March 6-10, 2013 - Non-Competing

Awards

• 2012 (4th) KOFRA Film Awards Ceremony - January 30, 2013
  • Best Supporting Actress (Kim Hae-Suk)
• 2012 (33rd) Blue Dragon Film Awards - November 30, 2012
  • Best Technical Award
  • Audience Choice Award for Most Popular Movie
• 2012 Korean Association of Film Critics Awards - November 7, 2012
  • Best Cinematography
• 2012 (49th) Daejong Film Awards - October 30, 2012
  • Best Supporting Actress (Kim Hae-Suk)

Comments

• Comment #12
  Bro Says:
  May 12 2013 1:03 am
  

  I agree with one of the earlier comments. *spoiler*. My only complaint about this movie is what happened with Johnny and Zampano after they got captured. Everybody else pretty much had a definitive ending.

• Comment #11
  cyp12 Says:
  Feb 13 2013 3:50 am
  

  such a great movie!!!!! :)

• Comment #10
  kpopluver2011 Says:
  Feb 06 2013 8:19 pm
  

  What is this rated? like pg? pg-13? R?

• Comment #9
  jug Says:
  Oct 11 2012 8:23 am
  

  what is the watch anycall is wearing? looks damn good!

• Comment #8
  shawn Says:
  Sep 17 2012 9:57 pm
  

  I'm hoping this becomes available in the U.S. soon, based on the ticket sales it must be pretty good.
  I assumed this is a Korean take on Ocean's 11, but I never watched it because I'm not a Clooney or Pitt fan.
  I expect this version will be better anyways as I generally enjoy Korean shows more for some reason.
  
  I'm mainly interested in this for Kim Soo-Hyun, as he's done good work in other stuff.

• Comment #7
  FeKimi Says:
  Sep 12 2012 7:10 pm
  

  *spoiler alert*
  I watched this movie last night and very satisfied.
  There are a lot of funny moments that cracked my laugh out and the action scene also over the top.
  Love the camera works on the wall-fighting scene. I also like there are so many twist, even though the twist is a little bit cliche.
  My complain is the duration, I think it's too long and there are some necessary scene. Also, they don't explain the end of Zampano and Johnny character... do they seriously just being caught like that and there is no one intend to save them?
  Well, overall is a good and entertaining movie... =D

• Comment #6
  Ki Says:
  Aug 27 2012 12:05 am
  

  I've watched "The Thieves" multiple times here in Korea and every time came away really impressed with the film. Story works well and diverges quite a bit from "Oceans 11" by somewhere in the 30 minute to 60 minute mark. Some of the action scenes also kick ass, especially with Kim Yun-Seok climbing and flying on buildings as well as Gianna Jun (Jun Ji-Hyun). Three performers stand out for me in the film - even though everybody did a good job. Kim Yun-Seok's action scenes looked great! Gianna Jun had her best role since "My Sassy Girl". She looked fantastic and performed just as well. Lastly Kim Soo-Hyun provided for a lot of funny/cute scenes that seemed to give the movie a bolt of energy whenever a possible lull in the action seemed lurking in the corner. Like most people know by now, "The Thieves" has sold a ton of tickets here in South Korea and this is largely due to the great ensemble cast plus stellar work by the staff. I'm already hoping for a "The Thieves 2" !

• Comment #5
  Trinny Says:
  Jul 29 2012 10:53 am
  

  in USA we can see this movie?

• Comment #4
  black_blood Says:
  Jul 06 2012 3:38 am
  

  I will be watching this film for Gianna Jun :)

• Comment #3
  Susan Naces Says:
  Apr 10 2012 9:25 am
  

  Can't wait to watch Kim Soo Hyun on Big Screen for Thieves, Fighting Oppa Soo Hyun!!

• Comment #2
  Myn-Zi Says:
  Jan 17 2012 6:36 pm
  

  popeye? anycall? what O_o

• Comment #1
  SUNSHINE Says:
  Jul 29 2011 11:44 am
  

  Kim Soo -Hyun
  is a best actor,cann not way to see HIM at The Professionals &DreamHigh season 2
  **** Stars

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