The title refers to book thieves. As Nazi Germany headed toward war, it banned the free reading of books and forced citizens to burn large quantities of books in public squares. Liesel carefully hides and brings home one of the books that survived the fire. I am moved by her desperate efforts to protect it, despite her weakness.

It is a typical shark panic movie, but it adequately captures the parts that scare the viewer. The shark attack scene and the time limit for running out of air cylinders in the deep sea make this movie a combination of a shark movie and a time-limit thriller.