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Bait

2000 · 119 min

A fast, tense cat-and-mouse game with a wisecracking hero, mixing action and humor in a gritty urban chase.

Directed by
Antoine Fuqua
Genres
Action, Thriller, Crime
Tagline
Alvin Sanders is going to help the Feds catch a killer. He just doesn't know it yet.
Overview
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.

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Directed by
Antoine Fuqua
Genres
Action, Thriller, Crime
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • deception
  • betrayal
  • survival
  • justice
Places
  • big city
  • prison
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action7
Horror2
Humour6
Realism6
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight4

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Genres
action, thriller, crime
Directed by
Antoine Fuqua
Written by
Adam Scheinman, Andrew Scheinman, Tony Gilroy
Starring
Jamie Foxx, David Morse, Robert Pastorelli, Doug Hutchison, Kimberly Elise, David Paymer, Mike Epps, Jamie Kennedy
Music
Mark Mancina
Cinematography
Tobias A. Schliessler
Runtime
119 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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