Bait (2000)

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5.8	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Antoine Fuqua

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Jamie Foxx
Alvin Sanders

David Morse
Edgar Clenteen

Robert Pastorelli
Jaster

Doug Hutchison
Bristol

Kimberly Elise
Lisa Hill

David Paymer
Agent Wooly

Mike Epps
Stevie Sanders

Jamie Kennedy
Agent Blum

Written by

Andrew Scheinman
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Tony Gilroy
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An average movie

11 years, 10 months ago at Jun 16 14:52

johanlefourbe

To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it was directed by Antoine Fuqua and was starring Jamie Foxx, I thought I might as well check it out. First of all, even though Jamie Foxx originally started out with some comic parts and, eventually, became an Academy Award winner, in between, he actually tried to become an action movie star but it never really worked... read more

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Description: In New York, Alvin Sanders is a small-time thief who's just been hauled in for stealing a bunch of prawns (shrimp) from a local restaurant. He ends up in a cell with John Jaster, one half of a high-tech criminal team that's just stolen $42,000,000 worth of gold from the Federal Reserve. Realizing that he could die at any moment from his worsening heart condition, Jaster tells Alvin to relay a cryptic message to his wife about the whereabouts of the hidden gold. Alvin doesn't know exactly what the message means, and Edgar Clenteen, the U.S. Treasury investigator working the case, hopes it will lead to the gold or Jaster's partner ... (more)

Release date: 15 September 2000
UPC: 085391880424

Tags: Action (4), Thriller (3), 2000 (3), 2000s (3), Comedy (2), Crime (2), Helicopter (2), Dog (2), Mirror (2), Romance (1), Romace (1), NY (1), Warner Bros. (1), Box Office Flop (1), Infrared (1), Castle Rock Entertainment (1)

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" Cast : Jamie Foxx, David Morse What was it about? Alvin Sanders ends up in a cell with John Jaster, one half of a high-tech criminal team that's just stolen $42,000,000 worth of gold from the Federal Reserve. Realizing that he could die at any moment from his worsening heart condition, Jaster tells Alvin to relay a cryptic message to his wife about the whereabouts of the hidden gold. Alvin doesn't know exactly what the message means, and Edgar Clenteen, the U.S. Treasury investigator workin"