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A Great Action movie....Once in a lifetime occurrence.
How can you not love Catherine Zeta Jones? She's smart and sexy. Emphasis on the later. She plays an intelligent woman that tries to catch crook Sean Connery at his own game. Or is she the thief?

The action film "Entrapment" follows these two sly criminals through bigger and bigger heist along with a ton of plot twist. Turns out that Jones plays both fields, hoping to nab Connery while also having a love for stealing fine art. But you have to wake up pretty early in the morning to fool this old man. He puts Jones through obstacles to prove herself not only a master thief, but trustworthy. Of course, they fall in love, which only adds to the chaos.

The story is not that original with you not knowing who is the crook and who is the cop and who gets away and with what. Basically it is a many deal of double crossing and the two putting each other through entrapment, or is it blackmail? The film is basically a fun action piece. Not very deep but just an enjoyable movie. Probably one of the best like it. The film isn't dumbed down or hard to follow. It's pitch perfect.

We Always Do Well what We Like Best !
I know: many viewers resented the apparent lack of physical chemistry between the characters played by Connery and Zeta-Jones. Most of them had vivid memories of Sean Connery playing the always charismatic 007, and Catherine Zeta-Jones exchanging sparks with Antonio Banderas in The Mask of Zorro. But is chemistry between a man and a woman just, physical, sensual, and sexual ? I find the movie entertaining, as it shows 2 people enjoying doing what they like best - no, I am not saying you should do the same thing ! - but as it happens in life, people perform so much better when they really like what they do. The chemistry is between Zeta-Jones youth, outgoing passion for life and Connery's less evident, more inward quest for adventure which is backed up by his wisdom and longtime experience. As they go about doing and accomplishing things together, the old man develops respect and acknowledges the younger woman's worth. Slowly he starts to like her and, despite his age, or, perhaps because of his age, he feels that, to a certain extent he cares for her. While, at the same time, she turns from intellectually admiring him to actually liking him on her side. Admittedly, it is an uneasy chemistry between Connery, the Scott gentleman and Catherine, the Welsh with long brown hair and eyes, but the film offers enjoyable action moments interspersed with occasionally good dialogue and exchanges between the two leads. Watch and enjoy the movie, as I did, for what it is not for what it is not !

A great caper movie!
I saw this on opening night in the theater and I had a great time. I knew, of course, that it wasn't going to win any awards, but I really had a lot of fun watching it, which is the best judge of a movie's quality- at least in my mind.

Sean Connery is, of course, a classic. He makes bad movies good and good movies better. Catherine Zeta-Jones is simply the most beautiful actress in Hollywood today (nice to see a girl with a full-figure, as opposed to, say, Gweynth Paltrow). The supporting cast is interesting as well, but Ving Rhames must be sick of playing the heavy.

As for the film itself, the plot is fairly entertaining, with crosses and double-crosses until the last reel. The highlights here (and the reason I enjoy the film) are, of course, the theft sequences, and they are beautifully directed and edited. Even if you hate the film, the mask-heist will grab you.

The new DVD special-edition is a marked improvement over the old one- the new anamorphic transfer is flawless and the extras (while still a bit slim) are good. I especially enjoyed the director's dry humor on the commentary track.

Overall, this is a fun blockbuster that won't really make you think too much, and it is a good way to spend a few hours.

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