This crime caper was surprisingly fun and unpredictable. Featuring a good cast of well-known actors, the story concerns a crooked investor who siphons funds from innocent people and then proceeds to get himself busted by the FBI. He lives the high life, staying in a penthouse suite in one of New York's fanciest hotels. He gets placed under house arrest by the Feds, but some of the people he ripped off still believe he has millions in cash hidden in a safe in his apartment. So they decide to pull off a heist and steal it!
The first half of the movie is all about this gang of ordinary guys trying to plan the perfect crime, even though none of them has ever done anything remotely similar. And when they enlist the help of a newly-released burglar to teach and guide them, the movie starts picking up hilarious pace.
The actual heist in the the second half of the movie is well executed by an experienced set of actors led by Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy (although Murphy doesn't have as much screen time as assumed). It's refreshing to see Murphy back to his Beverly Hills Cop best, as his trademark one-liners and zingers are what he's known for, instead of the lame family movies of late.
The movie is efficient, funny and the climax has an exciting "how will they pull this off?" vibe about it. The ending wasn't exactly to my liking but that's a small complaint about an otherwise entertaining film. (4 out of 5, by Carlisle Johnson)
Queens native Josh Kovacs 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 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 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.
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Sat, 5 May 2012 | Review
by: Riaan V.
Tower Heist is a dull heist movie and a major disappointment. The jokes are flat, the direction clumsy and the dialogue doesn't come fast enough. Eddie Murphy, who is somewhat back in comedy form, is the best of the bunch, but even his occasional quirky lines can't save this dump of a movie. This is a great cast and I feel an excellent opportunity was missed here. Only for the die hard Stiller/Murphy fans.
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