# The Code (2009)

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**Original title**: *Thick as Thieves*
**Runtime**: 104 min
**Genres**: Action, Thriller, Crime
**Directed by**: Mimi Leder
**Written by**: Ted Humphrey
**Starring**: Morgan Freeman, Antonio Banderas, Robert Forster, Radha Mitchell, Tom Hardy, Corey Johnson

> *Never trust a thief.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Cafeteria steam and neon Saturday. A phone slides across a Formica table.

Two thieves—one with a scar, one with a calculator—study blueprints over sour coffee.

Like Mann’s *Heat* if the losers won.

**Mood tags**: raw, unhinged

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