Setup (2011)

A group of friends become involved in a potentially deadly diamond heist.

Director:

Mike Gunther

Writers:

Mike Behrman, Mike Gunther

Stars:

50 Cent, Bruce Willis, Ryan Phillippe

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
50 Cent	...	Sonny (as Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson)
Ryan Phillippe	...	Vincent Long
Bruce Willis	...	Biggs
Rory Markham	...	Markus
Jenna Dewan	...	Mia
Brett Granstaff	...	Dave Hall
Randy Couture	...	Petey
Susie Abromeit	...	Valerie
Ron Turner	...	Tony
James Remar	...	William Long
Jay Karnes	...	Russell
Shaun Toub	...	Roth
Will Yun Lee	...	Joey
Ralph Lister	...	Professor
Alex Safi	...	Frank

Storyline

A group of friends plan out a detailed heist that turns deadly when one betrays the other by taking off with the goods. Taking matters into his own hands, Sonny seeks out his revenge teaming up with the most dangerous mob boss in town to get back what is rightfully his. When he finally comes face to face with his longtime friend he will be forced to make a life changing choice.

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Plot Keywords:

shotgun | heist | diamond | prison | prisoner | 

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Taglines:

How far will you go to get your own back?

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violence and language throughout

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 October 2011 (Russia)

Also Known As:

Set Up

Filming Locations:

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$20,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$2,128,186, 31 December 2011

Company Credits

Production Co:

Grindstone Entertainment Group,Cheetah Vision,Action Jackson Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Setup (2011) is the first film to star both Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson and Bruce Willis, with Fire with Fire (2012) being the second and The Prince (2014) being the third. While they share scenes together in this film, they do not share scenes together in Fire with Fire or The Prince.

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Goofs

When they begin to put Petey into the trunk, the tail lights are off. During the close up, the tail lights are on. Then during the far shot of the closing of the trunk, the tail lights are on.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Sonny: When I was younger I wanted to be a priest. I was going into the battle to save men's souls from the evil of the world. But as I got older, I saw the world for what it really was. It wasn't so much who I was going to save, but what was going to save the world from me.

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Connections

Featured in Bad Movie Beatdown: Set Up (2013)

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Soundtracks

Remembered
Performed by BBoss and Class
Written by Ben Varadi, Ben Dermer and Adrian Weekes

User Reviews

A formulaic screenplay with boring plot development

Barely interesting since this scenario already have been used thousand times. A heist, then betrayal (a necessary twist, without it the storyline simply wouldn't take off), then the guy who was betrayed and gun down miraculously survived, then seeking revenge, then the party that has been robbed sending out pros to seek out the robbers....then another 3rd party suddenly budged in, then things getting complicated (this we usually call a twist in the plot), then blah, blah, and blah. You know it and I know it where this story would end, you don't need me to show the direction, do you? The performance of Bruce Willis is so 1-dimensional stereotyped without any feeling like watching a dead fish pretends to be a human being. His acting is so pretentious with limited emotions and passions, without even trying to break some new ground for his later day acting transcendence or enhancement. There are more better senior actors to play this role but the casting agency seemed still believe this guy got some box office attraction. Believe you me, dude, he's not, because he can only play the same dead fish like character in different titled movies.

The other two young actors indeed tried very hard to play the roles but since the screenplay is so formulaic and so predictable, they are just two very uninteresting characters in a very boring predictable movie. The only thing that needs to be recommended to these two younger actors is that they have shown been working out daily, so the long chase in the busy business area didn't show any fatigue or heavy breaths in the end. Obviously, the chase have been shot and edited together scene by scene, so they could still look so tireless.

This is a very predictable and very forgettable old movie with a new title and different actors. Did you ever try to drink a lukewarm water?