A third-class motorcycle and a part-time technician thief Crunch Calhoun with his brother Snake Nicky decided to have their first robbery experience. They came up with a plan to steal a historical book. It seems that the robbery will not succeed and the matter is turning into a path because of another more serious plan developed by Nikki. They fail to achieve separate agendas among them under the bonds of brotherhood, love, and giving.
An uneven, mildly amusing, and highly derivative flick featuring a wonderful, quirky cast as a crew of art thieves who run a complex scam on the art world, and on each other.
There are a handful of actors working today whose mere presence justifies whatever film they are in. Kurt Russell is at the top of a very short list for me, and has been so for decades.
Matt Dillon and Kurt Russell may not make the most convincing half-brothers, but "The Art of the Steal" is a fairly amusing heist film with some sibling tension helping the story along.
Director Jonathan Sobol clearly understands the first rule of a good grift: misdirection. He packs his middling caper flick with so many known faces, it's easy to miss all the other familiarities.
A derivative heist thriller-comedy that passes painlessly enough at a brisk 90 minutes, but ultimately feels as disposable as the numerous counterfeit paintings that exchange hands throughout.