"The cat burglar" is a crime movie that seems to have been made on a limited budget. In spite of the budgetary constraints it tells a taut, twisty tale about - you've guessed it - a cat burglar who steals a number of objects, including a briefcase. The briefcase and its contents become the stakes of an ever more complicated game involving landladies, dupes, fences, spies and fake policemen. As the financial value of the documents rises, so does the cost in human lives.
The movie is notable for featuring an unlikeable protagonist. However, our cat burglar is not the only unsympathetic character. Almost everybody is, to a greater or lesser extent, gullible, greedy, dishonest or cruel. Near the end the burglar gets offered a modest chance at redemption, which he accepts. But it might be wrong to say he's becoming good ; perhaps it might be more accurate to state that he is, and always has been, less evil than some of the other sharks circling around.
I can't say that I liked the music - it was too intrusive for my taste - but on the whole I enjoyed this little crime movie.
Am I the only one to think that the cat burglar was, well, incompetent at his chosen profession ? Moral considerations aside, if your dangerous adventures (climbing, fighting, fleeing etcetera) only leave you with a few random objects, the value of which you don't know how to assess, it might be advisable to turn over a new leaf and start breeding show parakeets.
The movie is notable for featuring an unlikeable protagonist. However, our cat burglar is not the only unsympathetic character. Almost everybody is, to a greater or lesser extent, gullible, greedy, dishonest or cruel. Near the end the burglar gets offered a modest chance at redemption, which he accepts. But it might be wrong to say he's becoming good ; perhaps it might be more accurate to state that he is, and always has been, less evil than some of the other sharks circling around.
I can't say that I liked the music - it was too intrusive for my taste - but on the whole I enjoyed this little crime movie.
Am I the only one to think that the cat burglar was, well, incompetent at his chosen profession ? Moral considerations aside, if your dangerous adventures (climbing, fighting, fleeing etcetera) only leave you with a few random objects, the value of which you don't know how to assess, it might be advisable to turn over a new leaf and start breeding show parakeets.