Crime 101 (2026)

Crime 101 has studied Heat like it’s the final exam, and at 140 minutes it wants extra credit for every page of notes. The homework shows: a careful thief, an obsessed cop, a city built on freeways, and a script that keeps adding side plots, like a detective drifting into a yoga class, when it should be tightening the screws. Somehow it mostly works. Chris Hemsworth plays Mike as a lonely perfectionist whose rules (no violence, no DNA, exit on the 101) start fraying the day a stranger named Maya rear-ends his car and he actually likes her. Mark Ruffalo is great as the rumpled detective whose bosses won’t listen. Barry Keoghan is a live wire as Ormon, the reckless biker who wrecks every careful plan. Halle Berry gives the passed-over insurance broker real bite. It made $72.9 million worldwide on a reported $90M. A 7.3 because it’s a smart, stylish throwback that just won’t stop talking. $17.97 says you merge onto the freeway tomorrow and plan your getaway lane like a jewel thief.

What works: Hemsworth, Ruffalo and Keoghan are all sharp, and the heist and car sequences are sleek, tense and easy to follow.

What doesn’t: At 140 minutes it sprawls, and side plots like Lou’s yoga class and failing marriage slow down the cat and mouse when it should be speeding up.

Who it’s for: People who love L.A. crime movies with careful thieves, tired cops and a lot of freeway driving.