Entrapment: Special Edition

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Summary: One of the best !!!
Review: I love this one. I watched it when I was eight. I still love it no matter what. One of the best flicks ever !

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Summary: Never trust a naked woman
Review: Cos lets face it, we all get what we want when we're naked! ;)

I don't really understand why there's some questionable reviews about this DVD, but everyone has their own opinion I guess. I found it to be quite a fast paced movie, although I'm not keen on Sean Connery (Mac). I don't like the spelling of the name :) and the only reason they had to bring in Catherine Zeta Jones (Gin) is because he's getting on a bit now! I'm always going to be a bit iffy about Catherine, as her accent is so WEIRD now, and she reverts back to her Welsh accent, particularly when she wants people to believe she's still the same little Welsh girl that starred in Darling Buds Of May. I don't think so! She keeps saying "combuder" instead of "computer". Watching her struggle with the name Kuala Lumpur in half-Welsh-half-American is genuinely funny.

Both actors do a great job of portraying their characters. Sean Connery does a brilliant eye roll a lot of the time, and is probably the only actor who can get away with saying "If I'm late, I'm dead".

The film is shot in Kuala Lumpur, what looks like Scotland, and London, I think. The Scotland scenery looks lovely, very peaceful and remote. The building used for exterior shots of Mac's safe house (Castle Duart on the Isle of Mull) is the ancestral home of the Chief of the Clan MacLean.

I love the whole stealing of precious items, it's so weird how much thought & work actually goes into it during the film. And you're always holding your breath, waiting for them to hit a laser, or for a security guard to spot them.

The finale to this, I will NEVER understand, no matter how many times I watch it! It's very subtle, highly original, and you're left guessing until the very last frame, and trying to search the screen! In this, there are double-crosses, triple-crosses and quadruple-crosses, enough to leave you spinning. Is he double-crossing her? Is she double-crossing him? Is Ving Rhames in this for anything other than hard cash, and lots of it? Considering he doesn't have much of a role, and he's not really who you think he is!

There's been a lot of comparisons to a movie called The Thomas Crown Affair. Sorry, but I haven't seen this, so I'm not likely to compare.

There's a lot of sexual chemistry between Catherine & Sean, although you'll be glad to hear, they never really get it on, and it's almost a paternal attraction on Sean's side.

Forget the negative reviews for this movie. You're not supposed to take this film at all seriously, you're supposed to be watching the pretty lady get herself into all kinds of positions (Michael Douglas must love that!) with some laser beams.

Rating:
Summary: fun but shallow
Review: This movie is a lot of fun to watch, with the dares and the snares and the excitement and of course Ms Zeta-Jones' lovely physique. I don't mind about the budding romance between Catherine and Connery, for even given a large age difference, two people engaged in such an intense project together would end up feeling some physical attraction. Still, much of what happens strains credulity even for film-goers. And what happened to all the other people? Would the FBI leave the platform so quickly? And the other passengers not come back? And even if Connery likes his privacy, is he really doing all the dusting in that vast castle by himself? Who is doing the cooking?

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Summary: Once upon a time, in a millennium not long ago...
Review: In the weeks leading up to January 1st, 2000, most people were thinking about Y2K and a millennium bug that never took place. Catherine Zeta Jones and Sean Connery were stealing masks and robbing banks. Or, at least, their characters in Entrapment were.

Zeta-Jones stars in this film as an investigator for an insurance company. After a priceless Rembrandt goes missing, she offers to go after Mack (Connery) using a famous Chinese mask as bait. The two get tangled up in a web of lies and stealth as they then plot to perform a milti-billion-dollar heist in Kuala Lumpur.

The action here is mediocre at best; the twists and turns that this movie have to offer are forseeable. Its a story line which easily gets lost. It is just another movie which caters to all the Millennium hype of 1999. If not for the acting of Connery and Zeta-Jones, this movie would be easily forgettable. However, I've seen both stars do much better work than this.

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Summary: HONOR AMONG THIEVES?
Review: Let's get the sexist comment out of the way: Catherine Zeta-Jones is simply one of the most beautiful women to ever grace a movie screen!
Now, with that out of the way, ENTRAPMENT is an enjoyable heist movie, and we're never sure who's zoomin who!!! Sean Connery is elegant, if a bit lethargic, in his role, but always an actor who is fun to share a couple of hours with. Zeta-Jones does a good job in her role, but her acting chops have certainly matured since this film.
Ving Rhames and Will Patton are adequate, but other actors could have done just as well.
There are some really breathtaking scenes, especially with Jones in the initial heist and the jawdropping escape from the bank. It's not the best movie either one has made, but in spite of Jon Amiel's routine direction, I enjoyed it.

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Summary: The Capers Are Fun
Review: Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones star as a pair of world class thieves who join forces under confusing circumstances to pull off two very impressive heists. Throughout the film, we're never quite sure of each one's motives since there is a general tone of "all is not what it seems." The preparation for the capers and the capers themselves are the highlights of the film. They have enough suspense and technical wizardry and gadgets to entertain the viewer. But Connery and Zeta-Jones have little chemistry together, and their relationship strains credibility far more than the capers do. Maury Chaykin plays a strange crime kingpin in Malaysia, but the character is barely used and ill-defined. This script needed another re-write and perhaps a more stylish director. It's an interesting film, but not a very good one.

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Summary: ASTONISHINGLY UNDER-RATED!!!
Review: This movie was excellent, definately the best "caper" film out there in my opinion. Sean Connery's performance is his usual, non-entusiastic, but for some reason, still captivating. Catherine Zeta-Jones gives the sexiest performance of her career (thus far). The story is absolutely amazing, with betrayal, plot twists, and a suprise ending. Plus, the capers are unbelievably fun to watch. If you like action, a good plot, mystery, suspense or anything along those lines, why are you still reading this??? BUY IT NOW!