A former thief (Nicolas Cage) has only 12 hours to come up with $10 million after his former partner (Josh Lucas) kidnaps his daughter and locks her in a cab. He now must trust his instincts and another old partner in crime to do one more, clever heist to get his daughter back alive before it's too late.
By turns hilarious, absurd, offensive, and insulting, this is all rote action that will pique your interest only when it is being completely ridiculous.
Cage is uncharacteristically muted. He seems to have given up on making art long ago; these days, all he wants to do is entertain, and with Stolen, he succeeds, albeit only on the guilty-pleasure level.
