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Title: Entrapment

Date Viewed: 5/9/99

Details:

Sean Connery

Catherine Zeta-Jones

Ving Rames

Will Patton

Director: John Amiel

Score: +

The Review: A high-energy caper movie with some intriguing twists and engaging characters. There's a little bit of blackmail, a little bit of entrapment, and (even using the movie's definitions) you're not quite sure which is which. Without giving away too much, one might consider this a movie with Y2K concerns. Catherine Zeta-Jones is gorgeous and athletic as an insurance company investigator; Sean Connery contrasts as the distinguished (suspected) thief whom she decides to track (and bring?) down. They are well-matched and complementary, both in character and in action; they strike sparks without requiring a fire extinguisher. Ving Rames is Connery's backup; Will Patton is Zeta-Jones' boss. But things are seldom as they seem.

The movie opens with a spectacular theft from a high-rise NYC building. The high-tech approach presages subsequent traps, alarm systems, and the methods used to combat them. It makes you wonder what an Ullmann descender winch is really used for.

Some attractive (if moody) Scottish highland scenery from Castle Duart (Mull) on the Firth of Lorne, along with some less appealing views of Malaysia.

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