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Average action flick; very lopsided.
I called Entrapment "lopsided" because its first act is a complete bust, confusing and uninteresting, but its final sequences make for very effective action filmmaking.

Skipping the fact that this movie is trying to generate heat between two actors two generations apart (30-year-old Catherine Zeta-Jones and 70-something Sean Connery), this movie succeeds on quite a few levels -- and falls flat on others.

It was surprising for me to discover that the script was co-written by Ron Bass. For the first 30 minutes are utter chaos -- not giving the audience the information it needs, stingy with exposition, and quite frankly badly scripted, staged, and acted. Catherine Zeta-Jones comes alive onscreen, though, once she is paired with Connery -- faced with the task of matching Connery's legendary screen presence, she faces up to the task admirably, projecting charisma and a good degree of emotional authenticity. Not a great performance, but a solid one. Connery waltzes his way through another not-so-challenging but fun performance.

The execution of the dramatic scenes as well as the set-ups for the scenario were very poorly done by Jon Amiel (Copycat). However, Amiel redeems himself partially by the slam-bang last half hour of the film, where suspense and tension are both high and the stunts have a degree of freshness to them. Worth a look.

Stay Retired
Dude, Sean Connery needs to stay retired. Seriously. You can't steal anymore. An insurance investigator and art thief played by Catherine Zeta-Jones (too hot to even by near the retired guy) is assigned to check out the retired burglar. They join forces after much bickering and do a good job. Then they go for a huge Y2K bank theft. This movie moved too slowly for me to even care about what was going on. Zeta-Jones would be a good Bond girl, but not for Connery. Blasphemy! Ultra funny Ving Rhames was also in this movie, but he made a couple of appearances. The ending left an opening for a sequel, but I hope they just leave this as it is. No more artifact, young woman movies!

What the Eye never saw...
It might be the subtitle for this highly entertaining action-thriller. In fact it's more a cat and mouse game... but who's the cat? In the best tradition of Hitchcock's "To Catch a Thief" it's a well balanced movie.

Sean Connery is in his top form when mixing duty with humor.

Catherine Zeta-Jones is amazingly subtle in her role. She starts out cocky and glizzy only to end up being confused to the kazoo in her encounter with Connery.

This is a pure actioner, not a minute passes without a twist in the plot and nobody stands still for much too long.

There double-crosses, triple-crosses and quadruple-crosses,... well in fact, there are so many crosses one could become dizzy...

It's a harmless no-brainer, but so well acted and directed that you will be constantly gripping your armchair just to see what happens next.

The DVD edition is not top notch, but with a movie like this one who cares... You get engulfed into the action practically as the movie starts and the rollercoaster ride ends when the movie ends. So who's got the time to examine wether frame 121 was sharp enough or if that squeeky noise on the right channel was really perfect.

Once you enter in the game it won't let you loose one minute and you will almost shout at it to stop, but as Zeta-Jones, you will be dragged even deeper into the charade and be so fascinated by it that you won't want it stop once it does.

The finale is a pure surprise and, though not unexpected for a Hollywood movie, truly original.

If you like this kind of movies, this one is certainly for you and will keep you guessing to the end on the who does what to whom and why... but who is really what and does really what to whom? Have fun with it... and let the ride of your lifetime begin...

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