Bait (2000)

Director:

Antoine Fuqua

Writers (WGA):

Andrew Scheinman (written by) &
Adam Scheinman (written by) ...

Release Date:

15 September 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

Alvin Sanders is going to help the Feds catch a killer. He just doesn't know it yet.

Plot:

An ex-con is used by police to lure a criminal out of hiding.

Plot Keywords:

Dog | Chrysler Building New York | Helicopter | Infra Red | Mirror

Cast

Jamie Foxx	...	Alvin Sanders
David Morse	...	Edgar Clenteen
Robert Pastorelli	...	Jaster
Doug Hutchison	...	Bristol
Kimberly Elise	...	Lisa Hill
David Paymer	...	Agent Wooly
Mike Epps	...	Stevie Sanders
Jamie Kennedy	...	Agent Blum
Nestor Serrano	...	Agent Boyle
Kirk Acevedo	...	Ramundo
Jeffrey Donovan	...	Julio
Megan Dodds	...	Agent Walsh
Tia Texada	...	Tika
Neil Crone	...	Supervisor
Matthew Witherly	...	Guard

Also Known As:

Piégé (Canada: French title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language, violence and a scene of sexuality.

Runtime:

119 min

Country:

Canada | Australia | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

South Korea:15 | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba) | Philippines:PG-13 | UK:15 | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Denmark:15 (video premiere) | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Chile:14 | Germany:16 (w) | Netherlands:12 | Spain:13 | USA:R (certificate #37646) | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Castle Rock Entertainment

Goofs:

Errors in geography: There are no horse race tracks in Manhattan.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Film Geek (2005)

Soundtrack:

Life is Sweet

Worth a look

Actually this movie was not so bad. It contains action, comedy and excitement. There are good actors in this film, for instance Doug Hutchison (Percy from "The Green Mile"), who plays Bristol. Another well known actor is Jamie Kennedy, from "Scream" and "Three Kings". The main characters are played by Jamie Foxx as Alvin, who was pretty good and also funny, but the one who most surprised me, was David Morse as Edgar Clenteen. He plays a different character than he usually does, because in other films like "The Green Mile", "Indian Runner", "The Negotiator" or "The Langoliers" he plays a very sympathetic person, and in "Bait" the plays almost the opposite, a man without any emotions, which was nice to see. The only really negative thing about this film, are the several pictures of the World Trade Center, which makes this film perhaps look a little dated. Overall I thought this was a pretty good little film!