Given the type of psychological warfare director Darren Aronofsky has unleashed into cinema across his career with the likes of Requiem for a Dream, Black Swan and mother!, a crime caper in the style of a Guy Ritchie joint is hardly the most expected turn. But here we are with Caught Stealing, a black comedy crime effort about a former baseballer who was just supposed to watch a cat, and is now running for his f**king life!
Hank Thompson (Austin Butler) was a high-school baseball phenom who can’t play anymore, but everything else is going okay. He’s got a great girl (Zoë Kravitz), tends bar at a New York dive, and his favourite team is making an underdog run at the pennant. When his punk-rock neighbour Russ (Matt Smith) asks him to take care of his cat for a few days, Hank suddenly finds himself caught in the middle of a motley crew of threatening gangsters. They all want a piece of him; the problem is he has no idea why. As Hank attempts to evade their ever-tightening grip, he’s got to use all his hustle to stay alive long enough to find out…
Based on the novel of the same name by Charlie Huston, and featuring an all-star ensemble, including Liev Schreiber, Vincent D’Onofrio, Carol Kane, Regina King and Benito A Martínez Ocasio (aka Bad Bunny), Caught Stealing is sure to catch all our attention come August 28th this year when Sony Pictures release in cinemas.
