Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Jamie Foxx | ... | Alvin Sanders | |
David Morse | ... | Edgar Clenteen | |
Robert Pastorelli | ... | Jaster | |
Doug Hutchison | ... | Bristol | |
Kimberly Elise | ... | Lisa Hill | |
David Paymer | ... | Agent Wooly | |
Mike Epps | ... | Stevie Sanders | |
Jamie Kennedy | ... | Agent Blum | |
Nestor Serrano | ... | Agent Boyle | |
Kirk Acevedo | ... | Ramundo | |
Jeffrey Donovan | ... | Julio | |
Megan Dodds | ... | Agent Walsh | |
Tia Texada | ... | Tika | |
Neil Crone | ... | Supervisor | |
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Matthew Witherly | ... | Guard |
In New York, Alvin Sanders is a small-time thief who's just been hauled in for stealing a bunch of prawns (shrimp) from a local restaurant. He ends up in a cell with John Jaster, one half of a high-tech criminal team that's just stolen $42,000,000 worth of gold from the Federal Reserve. Realizing that he could die at any moment from his worsening heart condition, Jaster tells Alvin to relay a cryptic message to his wife about the whereabouts of the hidden gold. Alvin doesn't know exactly what the message means, and Edgar Clenteen, the U.S. Treasury investigator working the case, hopes it will lead to the gold or Jaster's partner Bristol, but it does neither. Eighteen months later, Jaster is dead, and both Clenteen and Bristol are still looking for that gold. Clenteen decides to secretly plant a tracking device in Alvin's jaw, release him from prison, and then let the word out that he knows where the gold is hidden. Knowing that Bristol is probably watching their every move, Clenteen ... Written by Todd Baldridge
The previews on TV made this movie look like a dumb-guy goofball comedy, and with Jamie Foxx in the lead it was worth seeing just for that.
So when it turned out to be a full-on big time movie with lots of action, great characters (including a host of well done supporting roles), true love, a government conspiracy and some genuine laugh-out-loud moments, I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED!