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Held Up
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Director:
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Jeff Eastin (story) and
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Release Date:
12 May 2000 (USA) more
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To control a hostage situation... Act calm Think fast and have a Big mouth!
Plot:
While they're on vacation in the Southwest, Rae finds out her man Michael spent their house money on a classic car... more | add synopsis
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The worst movie I've seen this year... more (33 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jamie Foxx ... Michael

Nia Long ... Rae

Barry Corbin ... Pembry

John Cullum ... Jack

Jake Busey ... Beaumont

Michael Shamus Wiles ... Biker
Eduardo Yáñez ... Rodrigo (as Eduardo Yañez)

Sarah Paulson ... Mary
Diego Fuentes ... Sal

Roselyn Sanchez ... Trina
Julie Hagerty ... Gloria
Sam Gifaldi ... Rusty
Dalton James ... Sonny
Sam Vlahos ... Jose

Andrew Jackson ... Billy (SWAT Team Leader)
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Also Known As:
Inconvenienced (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for language, violence and sensuality.
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89 min
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Continuity: When the sheriff asks for the book and it is removed from the cellophane the book is blue. In later scenes it is a light tan. more
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Rodrigo: [When Rodrigo takes Mike from the store the first time and learns that Mike and Sheriff Pembry already know each other, and the sheriff hates him, he whines to Mike] "Man your not worth anything as a hostage! I have to get in line just to shoot you!" more
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References Children of the Corn (1984) more

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9 out of 15 people found the following comment useful.
The worst movie I've seen this year..., 16 October 1999
1/10
Author: jonathan a. cullum from Memphis, Tennessee

I really had no expectations going into this movie, but it turned out to be the most painfully boring, humorless movie-going experience I've had so far this year. The script is completely unfunny, and as good as the cast members have been in other projects, they can't salvage this mess. What it boils down to is that we end up stuck in a convenience store in the middle of the desert with a group of thinly-written and annoying characters. I didn't care for Clerks, but it now looks like a masterpiece compared to Held Up.

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