When a group of hard working guys find out they've fallen victim to a wealthy business man's Ponzi scheme, they conspire to rob his high-rise residence.
Fun if uneven stuff from Ratner. A welcome return to form for Eddie Murphy and an even-more-welcome turn by the ever-excellent Alan Alda.
An entertaining but uptight comedy that strains to match the throwaway fizz of the Ocean’s movies. Cool cast, but it increasingly resembles a strategy game you’re neither invited, nor inclined, to join.
Yep, that was rubbish alright.
Daft but entertaining.
The picture is fast-moving, escapist entertainment with a pleasingly re-energised Murphy and it features a boo-hiss villain (played with relish by Alda) whose comeuppance we can all delight in.
It’s flabby, with plot holes that aren’t so much gaping as offensive, and entirely lacking in sparkle or surprises.
The Italian Job it aint.
Tower Heist proceeds to wreck any little-guy-against-the-corrupt-system goodwill with slack plotting, patronising characterisation and the sight of obscenely rich movie stars participating in expensive-looking set-pieces that make no narrative sense.
Ben Stiller leads a cast that's far too good for the weedy caper material set in front of them.
It's all fantastically OTT, and there are some spectacular moments but a lot of disparate ideas have been bolted together, and this looks like the umpteenth draft of a script that no one was entirely happy with.
It's all rather less fun than it might have been due to some poor timing.
Tower Heist is a missed opportunity.
General release. Check local listings for show times.
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