Hong Kong The Thieves is a Hong Kong–South Korea co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.
Synopsis
도둑들
“All For The Money. One For The Revenge. Every Man For Himself.”
A gang of South Korean thieves team up with a Hong Kong crew to steal a diamond necklace from a heavily-guarded casino safe in Macau. As the cops close in, old betrayals — and misunderstandings — resurface.
Audience Engagement
264 audience reviews — more than 90% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 83th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Hong Kong × South Korea Co-Production
Other Hong Kong×South Korea titles
Action + Crime in Hong Kong
119 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Action and Crime genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Thieves itself).
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Thieves. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 2011–2013 Hong Kong Window
Among 47 Hong Kong films we catalog from this window, The Thieves places #4 — near the top of its class.
The 2010s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Hong Kong, 166 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Thieves premiered alongside 16 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 16 other Hong Kong films in 2012.
The 694th Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Thieves, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- macau · 5
- criminal gang · 3
- safecracker · 1
- diamond theft · 1
- heist · 18
- hong kong · 73
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #230 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (72nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.4 points above the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Action productions specifically: #141 of 516 (top 27%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Hong Kong, South Korea |
| Original Language | Korean |
| Spoken Languages | Korean, Cantonese, English, Mandarin, Japanese |
| Production Companies | Caper Film, Michigan Venture Capital, Showbox, CJ Entertainment, OCN |
| Runtime | 2h 15m |
| Release Date | July 25, 2012 |
| IMDb | tt2330866 |