Bait

As written by Andrew Scheinman (north ), Adam Scheinman (Mickey Blues Eyes ) and Tony Gilroy (Armageddon ), Bait is an awkward and sometimes laughable combination of the three writers' styles. His over-the-top, helter skelter direction steals the thunder from Jamie Foxx at every turn. ... Full Review

He plays Alvin, the most petty of petty hustlers, whose idea of a great score is to steal bags of prawns from a restaurant. So all the more credit has to go to Jamie Foxx, who does get the audience laughing minutes later. ... Full Review

Well, for one thing, he could appear in something as derivative and downright ugly as "Bait. In fact, the only one who really seems to at least lighten the surprisingly dark tone is Foxx, whose clearly improvised riffs could be said to be the film's only real highlights. ... Full Review

Fuqua gives all of Bait 's goings-on the same visual panache that he did Replacement Killers , but his second film suffers from the same flat storytelling style which plagued his debut. While the action/comedies can have serious moments, Bait 's sudden shifts from funny to serious are likely to give you whiplash. ... Full Review

Fuqua's mishandling of David Morse further pulls Bait out of whack. Fuqua crams his star into a slew of serious-minded subplots that nearly suck all the film's fun into a melodramatic abyss confused urban action/comedy, halfway funny. ... Full Review

Die Federal Reserve Bank ist um 42 Millionen Dollar in Gold beraubt worden - und einer der Ruber ist noch immer auf freiem Fu. Um den Kopf hinter dem Coup des Jahrzehnts dingfest zu machen, mssen sich die Verantwortlichen im... ... Full Article

He's the hip Black comic of TV's Jamie Foxx Show, and has since won recognition as a serious actor from Any Given Sunday. Now, in his new film Bait, Foxx gets to show both his funny and dramatic side, and... ... Full Article

A mad genius, Bristol, (played by Doug Hutchison of "The Green Mile"), pulls off the perfect crime, almost, when he and his partner, John Jaster (played by Robert Pastorelli) steal $40 million in gold from the U.S. Treasury Department. ... Full Article

The American fascination with personal surveillance and voyeurism has reached a new and strange level. TV shows such as Survivor , Big Brother and movies such as Enemy of the State and The Blair Witch Project have raised the bar... ... Full Article

Alvin Sanders (Jamie Foxx) is on the run. Almost from the moment you first see him, Alvin is running, from dogs and bad guys and supposed good guys, though the very fact that he's running from them makes even the... ... Full Article

BAIT Rated:R For movie details, please click here . Over the years, Warner Bros. has specialized in both making film noir and (more recently) targeting African-American audiences. ... Full Article