Anyone else uncomfortable about things like King of Thieves?

[SouthWestmom]

Saw the trailer with dh and I just thought, I bet they weren't loveable old rogues / old style comedy gangsters.

It just made me a bit 🤔 about the portrayal

I haven’t seen it but reading and listening to reviews I don’t think that’s how they are portrayed in the full film and the audience very much roots for the police

Oh that's interesting. The trailer was very 'loveable rogue', lets laugh at their antics

They all got caught though didn't they?

Apparently it takes quite a dark turn...

I thought it was a bit soon tbh, is it not just two years since the court cases??

Dh is keen to go see it though, and other than it being recent, I cannot see why not to go.

I think it's the way the trailer portrays it as a bit of a laugh and they're doddery old try hards.

Yeah, the trailer is quite comical. Like the Italian Job, The Great Train Robbery, Ladykillers films.

I feel uncomfortable with it. They were established criminals who stole people's personal possessions - some with sentimental value that have not been recovered. Do you think a film would be made if the criminal gang were black lads in their 20s????

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/king-of-thieves-review-michael-caine-hatton-garden-robbery-cast-a8534916.html%3famp

This is reassuring. Maybe it's just the trailer that's pitched as funny

I saw an advanced preview on the 4th and made a thread in this topic. Its not really lighthearted i thougjt it was like the last vegas and i think its called going in style. Its a 15 but has a lot of hard swearing, some homophobia and is quite aggressive in talking. I think its an alright film but definitely not as shown in tbe trailer imo