MPAA Rated – PG-13
It’s 1:50 Long
A Review by:
– The Dude on the Right
| Entrapment Movie Stats & Links |
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| Starring: | Sean Connery, Catherine Zeta-Jones |
| MPAA Rated: | PG-13 |
| Released By: | 20th Century Fox |
| Release Date: | 1999 |
| Kiddie Movie: | Nothing really bad. |
| Date Movie: | Sure. |
| Gratuitous Sex: | No. Damn. |
| Gratuitous Violence: | Nothing gratuitous. |
| Action: | The scenes where they actually go to steal things are cool. |
| Laughs: | Nothing really. |
| Memorable Scene: | Zeta-Jones contorting around the laser beams. |
| Memorable Quote: | None. |
| Directed By: | Jon Amiel |
If you’re a dude I have two words, or is it technically three words, as to why go see “Entrapment”: Catherine Zeta-Jones. “Hubbalabubbalaboomskee” I can still see her slithering her way while avoiding the laser beams. If you’re a dudette, well, Sean Connery is in it, but I make no judgment on him. But is the movie any good? Not great, but not bad either.
“Entrapment” deals with two thieves, Gin (Zeta-Jone) and Mac (Connery), both seemingly set on not so much the challenge anymore of stealing things, but more on the challenge of who holds the record for the biggest score. Gin has the plan – a bank transfer that puts most fears of the Y2K bug to reality, but she needs Mac’s help to pull it off, so in cahoots they go. Gin starts the movie by seemingly trying to set up Mac to get busted by stealing some Chinese mask, posing as an insurance investigator, but I’ll spoil a little of the movie by saying she has another agenda, and eventually Mac finds out that it’s an 8 billion dollar agenda. So, Mac’s in, but he has another agenda, too, the least of which is trying not to get in Gin’s pants (it’s bad for partners to get emotionally involved says Mac), and the movie goes on from there.
Storywise what else is there to tell? It is basically a movie about two, high-tech thieves set to pull off the biggest caper ever. We get to see some really cool ways to steal things, we get to see Zeta-Jones contort her body every which way, and they even throw in some twists and turns as to the real motive behind the actions of the major players in the movie. Other than that the movie didn’t do anything for me.
I’ll give “Entrapment” 2 ½ stars out of 5. It’s an okay movie to see, but nothing spectacular.
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!!! L8R!!