Steal Review: Starts Off Enjoyable But Ends Up Being Uneventful

Steal Review: In this Prime Video series, a gang of violent thieves descends upon Lochmill Capital, a pension fund investment company, and a young woman, Zara, and her terrified colleagues find themselves at the heart of it.

The series consists of 6 episodes, each with a runtime of approximately 40 minutes. All episodes will be released on January 21, 2026.

Steal Review

In Prime Video’s Steal, ordinary office workers in a pension fund investment company find themselves in an impossible situation when thieves target billions of dollars in pensions of innocent, middle-class people and perform a digital heist, leaving them in an impossible situation and causing irreparable damage. As the police investigate, though, some shocking things come to light that turn everything upside down.

The series gives us a surprising twist in the second episode and doesn’t linger on the heist all too much. In fact, the heist is only the precursor – the actual story revolves around the fallout afterwards as we slowly realise who is involved in the process and the toll it takes on those left behind. It’s a claustrophobic and tense situation, and the series keeps us on edge throughout. The pacing is deliberate, and as the dominoes fall one by one, the stakes, too, rise along with it.

Soon, Zara is struggling to stay alive as things get worse by the minute… a problem created by her own doing. As the backstabbing and the truths come tumbling out, so do people’s different motivations. The result is a confusing and bloody affair that showcases Zara, Rhys and everyone involved feeling the heat of trying to one-up another and getting burnt in the process.

Steal is an enjoyable watch at first, when we don’t know anything about anything, and everything feels like such a mystery. The series is a breathless endeavour at first when Zara is unwittingly pulled into a dangerous heist that seemingly has no end goal. I found myself quite entertained, wondering where this was going.

However, a couple of episodes in, things start to slow down to a point where it feels annoying. It’s preachy and unnecessarily extended to create a mystery that it is unable to create. The pacing slows down so much that you have to jump forward to make sense of why things took such a nosedive.

Moreover, another major problem with the show is that it feels like it’s preaching to me a bit too much to make a point. Episode 6 has all the juicy details and, on top of the information not coming to us fast enough, the series ends up asking moral questions that feel inauthentic and ironic. The last conversation in Lochmill is so basic and obvious that you can’t help but roll your eyes.

I did, however, think that Zara, as a character, is written well. Regardless of what anyone says about her, we see time and time again that she is capable of making sane and rational decisions and, despite some shortcomings, she’s adept at thinking ahead. I think that’s one of the best parts of the show and a reason for me to keep rooting for her. She’s a grey character, sure, but the more you learn about her situation and the circumstances, the easier it is to root for her.

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Sophie Turner is engaging in the series and brings out Zara’s vulnerability as she learns the truth about everyone around her. I think I enjoyed her arc from vulnerability to strength, as it signifies her growth as a person. Everyone else is fine, but the characters are mostly there to push the series and Zara’s quest forward.

Final Thoughts

In the end, I think Steal is uneventful. It’s engaging and enjoyable in bursts, but overall, it fails to make an impact because the pacing is erratic, and the series sometimes seems to lose its grip on keeping us engaged throughout the runtime. While Zara is an enjoyable character, it’s hard to justify watching 6 episodes for that one reason.

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