Landing in jail for a petty theft crime, Alvin finds himself sharing a cell with John Jaster, the incarcerated half of the pair of high-tech thieves responsible for the missing gold. His partner, Bristol, is still at large. Alvin wants only to get out of prison and start fresh with his girlfriend, Lisa, and when the Feds, led by U.S. Treasury investigator Clenteen, set him loose on a sketchy deal, he thinks his luck has changed. Alvin has his freedom and the Feds have found their bait.
Acting
Foxx's comic timing elevates thin material
Direction
Fuqua's competent action before Training Day
Director
Antoine Fuqua
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
Jason Jones
Guard
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Antoine Fuqua's second feature after Replacement Killers, proving he could handle stars before Denzel came calling.
The 'tracking chip in seafood' premise felt slightly more plausible in 2000 than it does now, which says everything about our current surveillance reality.
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