The Steal is another hacking movie from 1995 alongside The Net and Hackers. The Steal stars Helen Slater (best known as the star of the Supergirl movie from 1984) and in this movie she is a bank robber by way of hacking.
There’s a healthy dose of old fashioned British humour in this movie, with one of the supporting cast members (Peter Bowles) carrying an accent identical to John Cleese (from Fawlty Towers). Other supporting cast members include British TV personalities Stephen Fry and Jack Dee, as well as Heathcote Williams, and a co-main role played by Alfred Molina. All these guys do a decent job in making this a credible and banterful hacking-oriented bank heist movie with a funny kidnapping and a tracking down of the kidnappers.
While it’s hard to criticise this movie, it is a bit slow paced compared to most action movies reviewed on this site – there’s not much of an adrenaline rush to be had here. But it doesn’t become particularly boring for any significant period of time – it sustains attention quite well if you haven’t seen it in a long time and are generally a fan of this mix of genres. So I rate it an OK movie.