- Network: Prime Video
- Series Premiere Date: Jan 21, 2026
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Turner does a fine job of keeping Zara credible – a cornered terrier rather than a superhero – and you long for her to triumph. Amid all the action, however, Steal finds room for thought. While never taking its foot off the narrative gas, the series becomes a meditation on the notion that the love of money is the root of all evil.
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Steal is not only cleverly plotted but supremely fun. Best of all for someone with a limited appetite for action-with-a-capital-A, the script leaves plenty of room for emotional storytelling alongside its white-knuckle careening.
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It’s a confident, well-directed opener and ends with a twist.
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Steal may not redefine the genre but it understands how to grip a viewer, up the ante and, most importantly, entertain.
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The eventual big reveal leaves you with more questions than answers. No matter, this is a tightly wound, decent financial thriller worth a binge. It’s made all the more suspenseful for its lead characters’ honest and realistic antics.
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“Steal” works well because of Turner’s fantastic performance. At the core of the series is an unimaginable conspiracy that upends the whole British financial ecosystem.
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Will the six episodes of Steal be full of tension-filled twists and turns or just spiral out into silliness? We’re certainly interested enough in the story after the first episode to find out, but given that the running time is only about five or so hours, we’re hoping things will stay tight and tense.
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“Steal” is a well-made series with crisp editing, fine performances, and serviceable writing and direction, but at times the plot gets bogged down in exposition about financial subterfuge and somewhat arbitrary moments of betrayals.
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It's entertaining to continuously keep guessing who could be behind the show's biggest conspiracy, but when the revelation comes, it's far less satisfying. That being said, the journey is still a fun one.
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A magnetic Sophie Turner stars in a heist thriller that has its moments until the suspense dribbles away from overlength and overcomplication.
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Steal does a decent job of choreographing tense action, and the performances by the cast elevate these moments to become some of the most exciting in the series. Just don't expect too much more than that.
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The points it’s making about how destructive our financial system is are not wrong, but they’re too obvious and facile to make up for the show’s bloated pacing and two-dimensional characters — especially since, in the end, it lacks the nerve to follow its own logic anywhere truly daring or surprising.
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