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Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do. Most of the 1,408 2000s action movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb5.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes26%
Metacritic39/100
Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do.
223 audience votes
Key crew
- Antoine FuquaDirector
- Andrew ScheinmanWriter
- Adam ScheinmanWriter
- Tony GilroyWriter
- Mark MancinaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jamie FoxxAlvin Sanders
- David MorseEdgar Clenteen
- Robert PastorelliJaster
- Doug HutchisonBristol
- Kimberly EliseLisa Hill
- David PaymerAgent Wooly
- Mike EppsStevie Sanders
- Jamie KennedyAgent Blum
- Nestor SerranoAgent Boyle
- Kirk AcevedoRamundo
- Jeffrey DonovanJulio
- Megan DoddsAgent Walsh
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Themes
ex-con