Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive. Then again, practice makes perfect.
Plot outline
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Cast
- Sean Connery
- Catherine Zeta-Jones
- Ving Rhames
- Will Patton
- Maury Chaykin
- Kevin McNally
- Terry O'Neill
- Madhav Sharma
- David Yip
- Tim Potter
- Eric Meyers
- Aaron Swartz
- William Marsh
- Tony Xu
- Rolf Saxon
- Tom Clarke Hill
- David Howard
- Sai-Kit Yung
- Ravin J. Ganatra
- Rhydian Jai-Persad
- Hari Dhillon
- Harry Fielder
- Craig Fong
- Thuan Chye Kee
- Anthony Maddalena
- Tina Simmons
- Gareth Taplin
Plots
An insurance agent is sent by her employer to track down and help capture an art thief.
Following the theft of a highly-secured piece of artwork, an agent convinces her insurance agency employers to allow her to wriggle into the company of an aging but active master thief. Connery's burglar takes her on suspiciously and demands rigorous training before their first job together, stealing a highly-valued mask from a chichi party. Their deepening attraction and distrust could tear apart their partnership, but the promise of a bigger prize (some eight billion odd dollars) by Zeta-Jones keeps the game interesting. Only, who's playing with whom?
Always one step ahead of Virginia "Gin" Baker, the glamorous New York City insurance investigator, the master thief and matchless art connoisseur, Robert "Mac" MacDougal, reluctantly allows an alliance when Gin comes to him with a bold proposition. To win his trust, Gin poses as an experienced burglar who has set her eyes on a priceless Asian artefact; however, to accept her as his assistant, she, too, needs training. In the end, despite the burgeoning attraction between them, Gin and Mac need to stay focused on a multibillion-dollar grand prize; but, is there any honour among thieves?