Click to read the article
Comment
06/06/08
Bait (2000)
27 %
Reviews Counted: 78 Fresh: 21 Rotten:57 Average Rating: 4.3/10
Consensus:
Even though Jamie Foxx shines in Bait, the movie suffers from music video roots and a formulaic script that strains credibility.
Runtime: 1 hr 59 mins
Synopsis: Antoine Fuqua's follow-up to 1998's THE REPLACEMENT KILLERS is a tense action-thriller with a healthy dose of comedy. Jamie Foxx stars as Alvin Sanders, a petty thief who ends up serving jail time after he is caught stealing prawns from a seafood warehouse. His cellmate, John Jaster (Robert... [More]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Jamie Foxx, David Morse, Megan Dodds, Jeffrey Donovan, Mike Epps
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Screenwriter: Tony Gilroy, Adam Scheinman, Andrew Scheinman
Producer: Sean Ryerson
Composer: Mark Mancina
Screenwriter: Tony Gilroy, Adam Scheinman, Andrew Scheinman
Producer: Sean Ryerson
Composer: Mark Mancina
Reviews
Top Critic
...a really good 80-minute action movie trapped inside an overblown two-hour suckfest.
08/01/03
Click to read the article
05/22/03
Click to read the article
10/15/02
includes all the key ingredients for what Hollywood passes off as an "urban comedy." ... The finale of "Bait" finds a screaming infant and his drugged mother strapped to a bomb -- funny stuff, huh?
06/10/02
Click to read the article
06/05/02
To sum it up in critic-speak, Bait doesn't stink, but it's not very appetizing.
09/20/01
...typifies the kind of action comedies Hollywood seems to produce by the dozens every year.
04/06/01
Click to read the article
01/01/00
Blending comedy and action is a formula that works when both elements are strong, as in, say, Beverly Hills Cop or 48 Hours. In Bait, this isn't the case.
01/01/00
Related Forums
BAIT trailer music
by: inzanity 9/25/00
by: inzanity 9/25/00
IGN RSS Feeds