In Crime 101, life is about the money, and the streets of LA offer both danger and sanctity. Bart Layton’s sprawling thriller takes you on those streets and in those lives, intersecting three stories in a complicated, wonderfully done tale not unlike a class film noir.
Hemsworth stars as Mike Davis, a thief we see currently casing out a jewelry store in prep of a drop. Right behind him is Detective Lou Lubesnick (Ruffalo). Lou is convinced that there is only one thief behind a string of robberies that span Route 101. Despite the pushback from his superiors, who simply just want the robberies investigated and closed, Lou follows the same well-worn path of ever noir detective: He is going to solve it, even if he has to do it on his own.
