Genre: Comedy caper
Cast: Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Matthew Broderick, Téa Leoni, Gabourey Sidibe, Casey Affleck, Stephen Henderson, Judd Hirsch, Michael Peña and Alan Alda
Directed by: Brett Ratner
Writers: Adam Cooper & Bill Collage, Russell Gewirtz, Rawson Marshall Thurber, Ted Griffin, Leslie Dixon,
Noah Baumbach, Jeff Nathanson
Produced by: Brian Grazer, Eddie Murphy
Executive Producers: Kim Roth, Karen Kehela Sherwood, Bill Carraro
Movie Synopsis:
Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy lead an all-star cast in Tower Heist, a comedy caper about working stiffs who seek revenge on the Wall Street swindler who stiffed them. After the workers at a luxury Central Park condominium discover the penthouse billionaire has stolen their retirement, they plot the ultimate revenge: a heist to reclaim what he took from them.
Queens native Josh Kovacs (Stiller) has managed one of the most luxurious and well-secured residences in New York City for more than a decade. Under his watchful eye, nothing goes undetected. In the swankiest unit atop Josh’s building, Wall Street titan Arthur Shaw (Alan Alda) is under house arrest after being caught stealing two billion from his investors. The hardest hit among those he defrauded? The tower staffers whose pensions he was entrusted to manage.
With only days before Arthur gets away with the perfect crime, Josh’s crew turns to petty crook Slide (Murphy) to plan the nearly impossible…to steal what they are sure is hidden in Arthur’s guarded condo. Though amateurs, these rookie thieves know the building better than anyone. Turns out they’ve been casing the place for years, they just didn’t know it.
Movie Review:
Tower Heist looks set to be promising by starring two comedy titans, Ben Stiller (Josh Kovaks) and Eddie Murphy (Slide), but the movie falls a little short of expectations. The plot is dull in the beginning and picks up the momentum when Josh starts laying out his plans to steal back the embezzled money. Together with the rest of the gang of ‘thieves’, including Slide, the exciting part is watching them steal a Ferrari sports car made out of gold, from Arthur Shaw’s apartment. With some humour injected throughout the movie, Tower Heist is the movie to watch if you’ve got some spare cash in your pocket.
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