Intro

Caught Stealing is a 2025 action crime thriller directed by Darren Aronofsky, starring Austin Butler as Hank Thompson, a former high-school baseball phenom who can't play anymore but whose life seems to be going okay. He tends bar at a New York dive, has a great girlfriend (Zoë Kravitz), and his favorite team is making an underdog run at the pennant. When his punk-rock neighbor 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. The problem is that everyone wants a piece of him, but he has absolutely no idea why. Set in the criminal underbelly of 1990s New York City, Hank must navigate a treacherous underworld he never imagined, using all his street smarts and hustle to evade their ever-tightening grip and stay alive long enough to discover the truth behind their pursuit. The film features an impressive ensemble cast including Regina King, Liev Schreiber, Vincent D'Onofrio, Griffin Dunne, Bad Bunny, and Carol Kane, and is based on the novel by Charlie Huston, who also wrote the screenplay. Director Aronofsky has described this as his attempt to create something that is "simply put, a lot of fun," marking a departure from his typically intense character dramas.