Entrapment (1999)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Jon Amiel

Writers (WGA):

Ronald Bass (story) and
Michael Hertzberg (story) ...

Release Date:

30 April 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive. Then again, practice makes perfect.

Plot:

Catherine Zeta-Jones works for an insurance agency that sends her to track down and help capture an art thief, played by Sean Connery.

Plot Keywords:

Insurance | Master Thief | Mask | Art Thief | Gala

Awards:

4 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Sean Connery	...	Robert MacDougal
Catherine Zeta-Jones	...	Virginia Baker
Ving Rhames	...	Aaron Thibadeaux
Will Patton	...	Hector Cruz
Maury Chaykin	...	Conrad Greene
Kevin McNally	...	Haas
Terry O'Neill	...	Quinn
Madhav Sharma	...	Security Chief
David Yip	...	Chief of Police
Tim Potter	...	Millennium Man
Eric Meyers	...	Waverly Technician
Aaron Swartz	...	Cruz's Man
William Marsh	...	Computer Technician
Tony Xu	...	Banker
Rolf Saxon	...	Director

Also Known As:

Untitled Antoine Fuqua Project (USA) (working title)
Verlockende Falle (Germany)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some language, sensuality, violence and drug content.

Runtime:

113 min

Country:

USA | UK | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #36624) | Iceland:12 | Malaysia:U | Philippines:PG-13 | Italy:T (tv rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:PG | Chile:14 | Finland:K-12/9 | France:U | Germany:12 (bw) | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:M | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:12 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12 (cut)

Filming Locations:

Albert R. Broccoli 007 Stage, Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

Catherine Zeta-Jones performed most (some sources say all) of the climbing/gymnastics in the rafters herself during the "I stole the Rembrandt" sequence at Mac's castle.

Goofs:

Plot holes: Gin tells Mac that the heist is to be pulled "tomorrow night," yet the day they conduct the heist is one day after that.

Quotes:

Mac: Has there ever been anyone you couldn't manipulate, beguile or seduce?
Gin: No.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Ocean's Twelve (2004)

Soundtrack:

Lies

Movie Shouldn't Have Fallen Flat, But It Did

I have this film two chances and liked it much better the second time. I guess I expected more on the first viewing, but why not? Sean Connery usually is good, Catherine Zeta-Jones was a hot, new commodity at the time, and I usually enjoy heist films.

This movie had not just one but TWO heists in it, so it should have been really good.....but was fair, at best.

It just wasn't that entertaining, too flat in too many spots. Connery looked at times like he was just going through the motions. His usual spark was missing. It's not bad....so-so as a thriller goes, but really not memorable and certainly not as dramatic as it should have been.