Sophie Turner stars in tense Prime Video heist drama Steal

Sophie Turner leads Steal, a glossy six-part thriller on Prime Video that opens when a team of armed attackers storms the trading floor of a pension management company and forces staff to execute £4bn of trades. The assailants use sophisticated prosthetics to fool facial-recognition systems, herd employees into a conference room and lock the management committee elsewhere; after a couple of violent beatings, colleagues Zara and Luke are compelled to help carry out the hi-tech heist.

The opening hour is described as brilliantly suspenseful and nimble, and the story soon reveals a first twist when it becomes unclear whether Zara is part of the plot. The reviewer praises Turner’s performance, saying she keeps Zara credible — “a cornered terrier rather than a superhero” — while Luke is left broken and Zara’s difficult upbringing with an alcoholic mother (played by Anastasia Hille) provides emotionally brutal moments.

The police investigation is led by DCI Rhys Kovac (Jacob Fortune-Lloyd), an astute detective with his own secrets. Beyond the action, Steal is framed as a meditation on wealth and gambling in finance: the management committee are said to earn £1m a year plus guaranteed bonuses while junior staff are paid a fraction, which the series suggests breeds resentment.

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Culture, Sophie Turner, Steal, Prime Video, Zara Dunne, Pension Management