Honest thief review11/28/2023 ![]() Tom manages to knock a gun out of Nivens’ hand and stun him with a couple of punches. Then, Tom, knowing that he’s about to be next, starts fighting Nivens and Hall.Ĭut to Annie arriving at the hotel outside when Tom and Nivens come flying out of Tom’s second story hotel window and hitting an awning before tumbling to the ground. After they let Baker into the room, he starts asking questions, including asking why Nivens is holding a gun. He shows up at the hotel room just as Nivens and Hall are about to kill Tom and make it look like Tom shot at them first. While Nivens and Hall are at the FBI safe house hiding the money, Agent Baker gets concerned about what’s taking so long. They give her a story about Tom giving them the key to bring some stuff to him at the hotel where he’s staying. While they’re loading the two boxes full of money into their trunk at the storage unit, Annie comes out to check on these two men who have opened Tom’s storage unit. They decide to hide the money at an old FBI safe house in the city. After challenging him one more time, Tom gives them the key to the storage unit where he left the money.Īt the storage unit, Nivens convinces Hall to steal the money themselves and lie about Tom. In the hotel room, Hall and Nivens grill Tom about his claims, but Tom gives him details about how he broke into the banks and stole the money. In the meantime, Tom calls Annie and tells her he had to get a room at the hotel because the people in the apartment upstairs had a terrible water leak in their bathroom. ![]() So, he assigns the two youngest members of his team, Agents Nivens and Hall, to meet with Tom at the hotel.Įven more skeptical than their boss, Nivens and Hall take two days to visit Tom. Despite this, Agent Baker’s still skeptical. Tom says, however, that he can return all the money he stole, which comes to $9 million. They’ve had many other people claim to be the In and Out Bandit over the years. He speaks with local FBI agent Sam Baker, played by Robert Patrick (TERMINATOR 2 and CBS-TV’s SCORPION series), but Baker and his four-man team, including his right-hand man, Agent Sean Meyers (played by Jeffrey Donovan of the acclaimed TV spy series BURN NOTICE), are skeptical. Tom checks himself into a hotel and calls the FBI, claiming to be the In and Out Bandit. He decides to turn himself in to the FBI. They meet at the storage business in Boston where Annie works.Ī year later, Tom is ready to settle down with Annie. HONEST THIEF is a terrific, exciting thriller about justice, second chances and redemption, but there’s some foul language and gun violence, so caution is advised for older children.Īfter pulling 12 bank robberies in eight years, Tom, the “In and Out Bandit,” meets Annie, a divorced woman who’s finishing a doctorate degree in psychology. HONEST THIEF stars Liam Neeson as a notorious bank robber, who tries to turn himself in to the FBI and return the money he stole, but two rogue agents turn on him to take the money and frame him for the murder of their boss. HONEST THIEF is a satisfying redemptive thriller for mature viewers, but MOVIEGUIDE® advises caution for older children. However, it ’ s free of lewd content, and the foul language is kept to a minimum. ![]() HONEST THIEF has some intense action violence, including gun violence. L ove and doing the right thing are positive messages. Images of these churches serve as a deliberate Christian background. In fact, the movie was filmed in an Irish section of Boston where there ’ s practically a church on every corner. Ultimately, it ’ s a n inspiring story of justice, second chances and redemption. Tom must find a way to stop these evil men, clear his name of the murder charge and, at the same time, protect the woman he loves.ĭespite some plot holes, HONEST THIEF is a terrific, well-acted thriller. However, two rogue FBI agents turn on him to take the money and frame him for the murder of their boss. Encouraged by his love of a good woman, Tom tries to turn himself in to the FBI and return the stolen money. HONEST THIEF stars Liam Neeson as a notorious bank robber.
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