Hello friends!
I was suddenly going to write something deep and personal about these past few weeks, but I'm saturated with depth and thoughts. Well, I'm back, I have a little time, and so this mini-vacation is giving me the opportunity to rest, sleep, think of course (that's for another post in the future), and watch TV. I was looking forward to watching something new that would entertain me, especially a miniseries, rather than a movie, but without having to be glued to it for days. And just then, a series came out that I watched, and I want to share my opinion about it.
I have watched it on Amazon Prime Video, and in fact, it was a new addition and was already in the top 10, at least in my country. What TV show am I talking about? This TV show is called Steal. Good name, short and direct, and it makes you imagine what this TV show can be about... Obviously is about a robbery, a big robbery that triggers a series of events, with action and suspense, affecting all the protagonists and their psychology, if you know how to see it that way too. Hope you like it!
Well, let's tell something about this TV Show. Here my review:
What is this about?
It is indeed a robbery, an organized and planned heist to steal the pensions managed by a major investment fund in the City of London, thus leaving thousands of British (public) workers without their future pensions. It begins with an organized gang wearing hyper-realistic masks entering the offices of Lochmill Capital, aggressively but with meticulous calculation threatening the employees, and demanding they transfer £4 billion to an account in the British Virgin Islands, thus carrying out the biggest robbery of the century.
The two main characters are Zara and Luke, and from that moment on, in addition to the trauma of the situation, the plot begins to unfold, surprising us at first, and then compelling us to keep watching to see what happens next. Because the story doesn't end there; it continues with the relationship with the thieves, the political implications, the police investigation, the interference of the security agency MI5, and all of this alongside the personal life of our main protagonist, Zara (Sophie Turner), whose mundane life is radically altered.
In reality, everyone's life changes, from these bored office workers to even the police officer investigating the incident. And the thieves? Who really planned all this?
It's difficult to say more about a key point that's essential to understanding the story without giving away a spoiler. So I'll leave it at that and move on to the details that can be discussed more freely.
The characters
The cast is really good. Well we have Sophie Turner (as Zara Dunne), and we all know her from Game of Thrones, we remember the long-suffering but strong victor Sansa Stark, right? Well, here she plays a different role; well, she ends up being brave too, but in a different way, and she truly makes us forget her old character. She does it naturally. She becomes an office worker with no ambition or desire to do anything relevant, no clear professional goals, and a lot of loneliness that she tries to alleviate with drunken nights out on weekends, only to repeat the same routine the following week at her job in the tax department of "transactions." All of this is influenced by her poor relationship with her mother, which will become clear in the episodes... And she doesn't want to take any risks, but in the end, her colleague pushes her to take action and to deal with moral dilemmas, and all that intense event will change everything. Especially for her.
Her office partner and business associate is Luke (the actor, Archie Madekwe, looks familiar from other productions, do you know which ones?). But he's more ambitious than she is; he wants more, though he's also more innocent and cowardly at the same time. He'll involve Zara in the whole plot, and he'll also have to deal with the danger when everything spirals out of control. Will they still be friends after all the trouble?
And the third protagonist is DCI detective Rhys Covac (played by another familiar face, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, whom we've surely seen in other films or series). He's the honest cop, the one who truly wants to investigate, get to the bottom of the case, and arrest the culprits. But he faces obstacles from above: the self-serving hierarchy, politics, and even his own somewhat unstable personal life. Despite everything, he gathers his strength and maintains his principles, pressing on. With intelligence and instinct, he also notices what's happening around him, and finally... will he arrest the thieves, or will they escape, or will they die? And most importantly, will he discover who the mastermind behind the plan is? The ending is surprising!
Anything else to comment?
The best part in my opinion is the plot. Why?
Because it's above all original. Yes, it sounds strange to say that, especially in an era where almost all TV shows seem to have similar scripts and plots. This one might seem that way, but I see differences, and it's also captivating, it grabs your attention. The way it approaches the events is different; the heroism of the characters, even the good ones, is intertwined with their personal flaws. And there isn't too much superfluous violence, nor an unnecessary excess of sex scenes, as is often the case. Sex and violence are overused when there's nothing else to show, but this series is simple: one theme, some characters, and a well-developed plot, with relationships between the characters and their corresponding psychological depth that allows us to understand everything a little better.
And with very little, it manages to engage and capture your attention, to keep you following the plot's development, to feel sympathy for the protagonist, and to want to know how it ends. It has no further pretensions, doing a good job but achieving its objective: to entertain us with a certain intelligence and interest.
And as I said, it's a short series; the first season (who knows if there will be more...) only has six episodes, so it's easy to watch for a relaxing and entertaining afternoon. Give it a try! And if you've already seen it... what do you think?
(Ah, in Spanish this TV show is titled as "El Robo").
More information about the TV Show and the shared images here: Original title: Steal (2026) - IMDB: Steal
