The film stars Uma Thurman, Maggie Q, Sofía Vergara and Alice Eve alongside Tim Roth.

Harriet "Harry" and Peter Fox are a British con-artist couple living in London who plan a jewel heist in Los Angeles, after escaping from a notorious female gangster named Irina.

After arriving in Los Angeles, Harry and Peter meet up with an old friend of theirs named Sidney, a corrupt Catholic priest who does dirty jobs on the side for extra money.

On May 14, 2015, it was announced that Uma Thurman would star in the jewel-heist comedy The Brits Are Coming, which James Oakley would direct based on his own script, co-written with Alex Michaelides.

[4] Tim Roth, Alice Eve, Sofía Vergara, Maggie Q, Parker Posey and Stephen Fry were cast in the film on August 27, 2015.

[12] Matt Zoller Seitz writing for RogerEbert.com gives the film 1½ stars out of a possible 4, saying it is "The kind of movie that seems to think a heap of outrageous details equals a characterization.