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Bait

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Movie propaganda

Alvin Sanders is going to help the Feds catch a killer. He just doesn't know it yet.

After landing in jail for stealing prawns, Alvin Sanders (Jamie Foxx) is ready to go straight. If he can just get out and patch things up with his girlfriend Lisa (Kimberly Elise), maybe he can start over and finally lead a normal life.

His first night in the slammer, Alvin shares a cell with John Jaster (Robert Pastorelli), who was captured after he and his partner, Bristol (Doug Hutchison), pulled off a high-tech gold heist from the Federal Reserve. With a weak heart and not long to live, Jaster gives Alvin a coded message for his wife - a message USA Treasury investigator Clenteen (David Morse) believes will lead to the location of the stolen gold.

In an attempt to draw Bristol out of hiding, Clenteen quickly arranges Alvin's early release, implants a tracking device on him and tips Bristol off that Alvin is about to make a run for the gold. Oblivious that he has now become bait for the Feds, Alvin attempts to salvage his relationship with Lisa. However, between Alvin's brother, Stevie (Mike Epps), the devious Clenteen and the mysterious and very dangerous Bristol, he has little hope of staying out of trouble and is soon far worse off than if he'd just stayed put in jail.

Persons of interest

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
Andrew Scheinman .... Screenwriter
Adam Scheinman .... Screenwriter
Antoine Fuqua .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

Bait official movie site
Studios and distributors:

Warner Bros * Roadshow Films

Intelligence analyst

Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

Uh-huh.

Bait is little more than a vehicle for Jamie to get on-screen in a starring role. Andrew and Adam have tried very hard to create a comedy movie and a criminal movie but they ultimately end up with just a crime against movies.

Jamie's performance is one of a rap musician thrust into the limelight and unable to cope with the pressure. His scripted gags never rise above schoolboy humour while the improvised gags don't even make it that far. Mike is just plain annoying.

The worst part is that even the high-tech cop stuff is boring. And I am a Trekkie!