# Crooks (2024)

> A retired safecracker and a two-bit gangster are forced together by a priceless coin and pulled into daring heists and global criminal rivalries.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/162433

## Facts

- Seasons: 2
- Episodes: 14
- Episode runtime: 53 min
- Status: Returning Series
- Genres: crime, thriller
- Created by: Georg Lippert, Benjamin Hessler, Marvin Kren
- Network: Netflix
- Cast: Frederick Lau, Christoph Krutzler, Svenja Jung, Jonathan Tittel, Erdal Yıldız, Lukas Thomas Watzl, Karl Welunschek, Nima Yaghobi
- TMDB rating: 7.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27054614/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: taut, gritty, wry, tense, propulsive

## What critics say

Audience reception is mixed, with a solid but not standout rating for its heist-driven crime thrills.

## Synopsis

Crooks (2024-present) is a German crime thriller series created by Georg Lippert, Benjamin Hessler and Marvin Kren for Netflix. Frederick Lau plays Charly Markovic, a retired safecracker, and Christoph Krutzler plays Joseph Muckstein, a two-bit gangster, two unlikely figures whose lives are pulled together when a priceless coin forces them into a partnership. Supporting principals include Svenja Jung as Samira Treptow, Jonathan Tittel as Jonas Markovic, and Erdal Yildiz as Hassan Al-Walid, with the rival crime families and their shifting loyalties giving the story its friction. The engine of the series is the uneasy alliance itself: each job demands precise planning, betrayal is always close, and every new target pulls the pair deeper into dangerous rivalries that stretch across several cities. Across two seasons and fourteen episodes, the show moves at a brisk pace with a serialized, continuing storyline built around heists and escalating criminal conflict. Its tone is taut, gritty and occasionally wry, with an atmosphere of constant pressure. Viewers who enjoy Lupin, Narcos and Breaking Bad will find a similar appetite for clever crime and morally compromised characters. Rated TV-MA and drawing on a German tradition of stylish crime drama, it suits adult audiences who want a fast-moving caper.

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