Joshua (2002)

Caught Stealing is an electric fever dream for the young bartender Hank Thompson, played by popular actor Austin Butler, who has risen into stardom in recent years. A series of unforeseeable events unfolded in front of him due to a huge amount of cash accidentally falling into his charge.

Unavoidably for New York, different cultures and groups of people took turns to enter this arena of striving for the money. These characters showcase their various languages, idiosyncratic manners, and unique tactics immediately after their first appearances, asserting strong impressions for the audience. Most of the ethnicities showed up on the screen as organizations of crime: British, Russian, Jews, Puerto Rican, and a corrupted Black cop, Roman, played by the awarded actress, Regina King. The busy Chinatown is used as a backdrop in a chasing scene. The backroom for Chinese restaurants, the truck carrying special material, and the Asian woman cursing in her language all contribute to presenting a vibrant community, even only as a part of the background. The rule of no driving on Shabbat (a religious holiday) also impacted the plot.