This film very much operates in the mode of ‘Heat’ from the mid-1990s. Once again we have a thief who seems to have little discernible past and who, like Robert De Niro in Michael Mann’s classic, embarks on a relationship with someone he meets almost by chance, yet cannot – and will not – reveal too much about himself, which inevitably undermines any hope of intimacy. Opposing him is a policeman played by Mark Ruffalo obsessed with the investigation, himself going through a difficult breakup and regarded as an outsider within his department – a man fixated on detail and unwilling to toe the line, especially when it comes to conveniently framing the wrong suspect just to close a case.

A third strand involves Halle Berry as an insurance broker in her fifties who has spent years waiting to be made partner in her firm. Each year she is promised advancement, only to be overlooked again, and when a younger woman arrives – immediately attracting the attention and favour of her male colleagues – she realizes her life has stalled. That frustration makes her invaluable to the thief, who recognizes that her insider knowledge could enable his next heist.

There’s also a helmeted psychopath, played with chilling force by Barry Keoghan, who delivers brute violence to anyone standing in his way, while Nick Nolte appears as an ageing crime-buster in a role that knowingly echoes Jon Voight’s presence in ‘Heat’. The film openly references other crime classics too, including ‘Bullitt’, and seeing it in 4DX added a visceral punch, particularly during the high-speed chases across the Los Angeles highways.

The narrative takes time to settle because there’s no conventional origin story – we’re dropped straight into events and left to assemble the pieces ourselves. Each of the central characters carries some history of trauma, poverty, or disappointment that explains why they now live on the margins. Interestingly, the three leads – Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo and Halle Berry – are all familiar from superhero films, making this grounded crime drama feel like a deliberate departure.

At its core, the film asks moral questions about value and compromise: how much are we worth, and what are we willing to sacrifice for financial security or status? Like De Niro’s character in ‘Heat’, Hemsworth’s thief promises himself that one last job will be enough – but, as ever in films like this, walking away may prove impossible.