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April 30, 1999
April 30, 1999
20th Century Fox
PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Jon Amiel
Sean Connery, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Ving Rhames, Will Patton, Maury Chaykin, Kevin McNally, Terry O'Neill, Madhav Sharma, David Yip, Tim Potter (II), Eric Meyers (II), Aaron Swartz, William Marsh, Tony Xu, Rolf Saxon, Tom Clarke Hill, David Howard (VII), Sai-Kit Yung, Ravin J. Ganatra, Rhydian Jai-Persad
"Zeta-Jones' acting is positively wooden and the rationae for her falling for the fossil that is Sean Conery goes unexplained. She doesn't pass as a saavy catburglar at Connery's level. The whole movie is contrived and laden with deus ex machina. The plot twists managed 45 degrees as best. Predictable and dull. The slick heists were simple and the conundrums solved with unexplained borderline superpowers. One of the worst movies I've ever sat through. No wonder she had to do cell phone commercials to make money."
- williamjacobs, gave it a 1/5
"I am biased because I LOVE Sean Connery :) He and Catherine Zeta-Jones are two thieves with trust issues."
- *sueki*stargazer*, gave it a 4/5
Sean Connery plays a master thief thought to be long retired, while Katherine Zeta-Jones is his foil, a hotshot insurance investigator assigned to his case. They both have a little something to hold over each other's heads, until it turns out that Zeta-Jones is a professional art thief herself and is playing on both sides of the fence. At first they eye each other with mutual distrust until they team up for a job, which goes off without a hitch. Inevitably their prickly relationship begins to thaw somewhat, and the two become attracted to each other as they plan out the massive Y2K bank scam that is the movie's climax (complete with sequel-ready ending). Entrapment plays somewhat like a '70s caper movie revamped for the gadget-happy high-tech '90s. The plot takes a few too many labored twists and turns, and the chemistry between the two leads is nearly nonexistent, though both carry on gamely in their parts. On the other hand, there is some genuine suspense in many scenes as they go about their business, dripping with whiz-bang burglary devices. Zeta-Jones, of course, is drop-dead gorgeous, and Connery is as reliable as always in his role. The fairly flat editing and direction tends to drag the film down somewhat, but fans of caper movies, high-tech thrillers, and the two leads should find plenty to like in this film. --Jerry Renshaw - Amazon.com
Screen legend Sean Connery (The Rock) and sexy superstar Catherine Zeta-Jones (The Mask of Zorro) blaze a trail of spectacular action and intrigue. When a priceless Rembrandt is stolen from a New York high-rise, the evidence points to Robert 'Mac' MacDougal (Connery), a solitary master thief, who is about to meet Virginia 'Gin' Baker (Zeta-Jones), the insurance company's most cunning and seductive investigator. Following a nerve-racking game of cat and mouse spanning three continents. Mac and Gin join forces -- or so it seems -- to attempt a daring multibillion-dollar heist tied to the dawn of the new millennium.
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