Bait (2000)
- Starring:
- Jamie Foxx, David Morse, (more)
- Director(s):
- Antoine Fuqua
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
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In this action comedy, a crook trying to go straight finds himself lured back to crime by the police, without his even knowing it. When master criminals Jasper (Robert Pastorelli) and Bristol (Doug Hutchison) pull a heist that nets $40 million in gold but leaves behind several dead policemen, detective Edgar Clenteen (David Morse) pulls out all the stops to put the thief behind bars. Jasper is jailed and ends up sharing a cell with Alvin Sanders (Jamie Foxx), a habitual small-time criminal who was brought in after a bungled robbery of a seafood wholesaler. Jasper, who has a weak heart, suffers a heart attack in jail, and as he dies, he gives Alvin a message to pass along to his wife. Eager to track down Bristol, who still has the gold, Clenteen has Alvin secretly implanted with an experimental tracking device, and then lets him go free, while spreading the word on the street that Jasper told him where the gold was stashed shortly before his death. While Alvin makes an effort to start his life over and get a straight job, Clenteen and his staff are electronically following his every move, waiting for Bristol and his associates to track him down. Bait was directed by Antoine Fuqua, whose previous credit was the stylish crime thriller The Replacement Killers. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 119 mins
Complete Cast:
- Jamie Foxx - Alvin Sanders
- Doug Hutchison - Bristol
- Kimberly Elise - Lisa Hill
- Mike Epps - Stevie Sanders
- Nestor Serrano - Agent Boyle
- Jeffrey Donovan - Julio
- Tia Texada - Tika
- Jason Jones - Guard
- William Richards - Helicopter Pilot
- Victor A. Young - Senator
- Joe Pingue - Cop
- Stan Coles - General
- Dave Tomassini - Helicopter Pilot
- Joanna Polley - Rhonda Glimsher
- Ron Kennell - Mobile Agent
- Dylan Bierk - Police Photographer
- Martin Roach - Cop
- Paul Miller - Dr. Harris
- Billy Otis - Odd Inmate
- Lee Rumohr - Bound Guard
- Grouchy Boy - Convict
- Matthew Witherly - Guard
- Larry Block - Customer
- Glynn Thomas - Chem-Tech Agent
- Al Cerullo - Helicopter Pilot
- David Morse - Edgar Clenteen
- Robert Pastorelli - John Jaster
- David Paymer - Agent Wooly
- Jamie Kennedy - Agent Blum
- Kirk Acevedo - Ramundo
- Megan Dodds - Agent Walsh
- Conrad Bergschneider - Mobile Agents
- Neil Crone - Supervisor
- Clé Bennett - Convict
- Ritchie Coster - Buyer
- Shawn Lawrence - Warden Clay
- Bill Lynn - Night Watchman
- Lorraine McNeil - Woman Looking In Car Window
- Nick Pjoternicky - Agent
- Bruce Beaton - Agent With Coffee
- John Harper - Running Man
- Norman Spencer - Bound Guard
- Navaco Bernice Downey - Girl In Club
- Tom Cappadona - Cab Driver
- Arnold Pinnock - convict
- Don Allison - Senator
- John H.M. Berger - Medical Examiner
- Desmond Campbell - convict
- Ron Bell - Trucker
- Jonathan Hadary - Cafe Owner
- Director(s):
- Antoine Fuqua
- Writer(s):
- Adam Scheinman, Tony Gilroy, Andrew Scheinman
- Producer(s):
- Sean Ryerson
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Sexual Situations, Violence, Adult Language)
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