Bait (2000) Reviews

Bait is great! David Morse is just the right touch of bad for a good guy and Jaime Foxx is the perfect touch of good for a bad guy. Amongst a ton of laughs, there are plot twists and action. I have seen this movie a few times, and I have no doubt that I will watch it again! If you read the guys *spoilers below, do not let it detour you from the movie. There is nothing worse than people picking at every little non-consequential little thing and some of what was said certainly does not hold water.
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After reading another view of this movie I did not expect much at all from this film. BOY, was I surprised. This is a very entertaining movie. And that is what movies are supposed to do. This is a fast-moving film that gives you a very interesting incite as to how far a governmental agency will go, to get what they want to know. To date 12-05, there are only two reviews. I take issue with the other reviewer. Not how they may, or may not like movie. But rather it seemed as if it were nit-picked rather then reviewing, and too much of the movie was given away without cause. My only problem with the movie is that is was just too easy to make a black man the butt of their relentless pursuit. Other-wise the movie has a smart plot and lots of hi-tech wizardry. If you liked “The Peacemaker”with George Clonny and Nicole Kidman, you’ll really like this film. Smartly written and directed the movie delivers two fast passed hours....and the very cleaver ending is a real plus.
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*Warning* Spoilers Here: There ought to be a rule that a movie is allowed a limited number of plot holes before the movie movie is removed from circulation. If there were such a rule, Bait would be in one of the first to go. Alvin has a cell mate on Rikers Island who knows where the gold is hidden. Somehow the cell mate managed to get access to Yankee Stadium in the middle of the night and has buried the gold under home plate - but nobody noticed that the site was dug up - and then gone on a bender and gotten himself arrested. The Treasury guy has tracked him down on the basis of one finger print. The next thing we know Alvin is being released from Sing Sing after 2 1/2 years and returning to his girl friend - but he has a son who looks to be less than a year old. The device stops operating when the bad guy abducts Alvin -- but conveniently kicks back in when Alvin gets himself into a corner that he needs the Treasury guys to rescue him from.
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