The Code

Original title: Thick as Thieves

2009
R
1h 44m

IMDb RATING

6.0/10

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Antonio Banderas and Morgan Freeman in The Code (2009)

A veteran thief recruits a younger crook to help him pull off one final job in order to repay his debt to the Russian mob.

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A veteran thief recruits a younger crook to help him pull off one final job in order to repay his debt to the Russian mob.A veteran thief recruits a younger crook to help him pull off one final job in order to repay his debt to the Russian mob.A veteran thief recruits a younger crook to help him pull off one final job in order to repay his debt to the Russian mob.

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IMDb RATING

6.0/10

36K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Émigré #2
(as Victor Boytchev)

Nickolay Hadjiminev

Émigré #3

Rade Serbedzija

Nicky
(as Rade Sherbedgia)
…

Morgan Freeman

Ripley

Joshua Rubin

Joost

Gerrit Vooren

Bakker

Antonio Banderas

Gabriel

Charles Venn

Transit Cop #1
(as Chucky Venn)

Atanas Srebrev

Transit Cop #2

Darrell Las Quevas

Transit Cop #3

Tom Hardy

Michaels

Robert Forster

Lt. Weber

Corey Johnson

Voutiritsas

Mariana Stansheva

Madame Irina
(as Mariana Stanisheva)

Stefan Shterev

Giorgi

Vladimir Kolev

Andrei

Radha Mitchell

Alex

Director
- Mimi Leder
Writer
- Ted Humphrey
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Trivia
During the scene when Antonio Banderas is talking to Radha Mitchell at the Russian night club at around 26 minutes, there is a techno remix of the traditional Russian folk song, "Korobeiniki". "Korobeiniki" is also the theme song for the Nintendo classic puzzle video game, "Tetris".

Goofs
Subway scenes (supposedly in the New York City subway) were filmed in the Sofia metro, with Soviet-made 81-714.4 subway cars.

Quotes
Keith Ripley: Some people were born to compose music. Others to split the atom. I was born to steal shit.

Connections
Featured in The Code: Behind the Scenes (2009)

Soundtracks
Hum Diggy
Written by Marcus Brown, Adam Schiff, H. Scott Salinas, Stephen Dewey
Published by Asymptotote Music BV, Inc. (ASCAP)
Courtesy of Asymptotote Music BV, Inc.

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4/10

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What a big letdown. First off, I wasn't really expecting much out of this, the trailer wasn't really something but it has Freeman and Banderas in it, both I am a big fan of. As it turned out, it was all a big, fat failure of a heist movie. I always welcome recycled plot lines just as long as the execution brings something new to the table but in Thick as Thieves, there wasn't. We've all seen it before and the twist at the end, although you never see it coming within the movie, the shock factor was poorly executed.

I love all of Freeman's works but this one is at the end of the line. The chemistry between Banderas and Mitchell was off, there was no spark none whatsoever. Skip it, rent it but don't buy it. It's a waste of money.