I've seen screen savers with more depth and fewer unnecessary lens flares than Thieves Highway.

“The projector's on fire. Literally.”
Thieves Highway
Masterfully crafted. Un-roastable.
An absolute cinematic disaster.
After discovering a plot to haul stolen cattle in the middle of nowhere, a desperate and isolated lawman becomes the only thing standing between a group of dangerous rustlers and a clear run to the border.
🚬 LIGHTING A CIGAR OFF THE SCREENPLAY…
After discovering a plot to haul stolen cattle in the middle of nowhere, a desperate and isolated lawman becomes the only thing standing between a group of dangerous rustlers and a clear run to the border.
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Thieves Highway: where physics filed for emotional distress and lost.
If Thieves Highway was a meal, it'd be unsalted rice with extra ego.
Thieves Highway: proof the studio reads its own marketing too literally.
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Simulated r/movies discussion threads · curated commentary timeline.
Why does no one talk about how mid the writing in Thieves Highway actually is?
Honestly, Thieves Highway would be a tight 95-minute movie. Instead we got a bloated runtime padded with B-roll and lingering shots that add nothing.
[Serious Discussion] Is anyone else completely checked out by the pacing in Thieves Highway?
Director clearly thought Thieves Highway was deeper than it is. There's a difference between ambiguous and unfinished, and this leans hard into the second.
Unpopular opinion: Thieves Highway is the most overrated film of the decade
Look, I wanted to love Thieves Highway. The trailer had me hyped. But sitting through the second hour felt like a homework assignment. The dialogue is exposition stacked on exposition and the score keeps telling me how to feel.
