TOWER HEIST ACTORS MOVIE
The movie pushes the PG-13 envelope some, unfortunately, with at least 45 uses of the "s" word, well over a dozen of the "a" word and a wealth of other distasteful words and phrases. The film's biggest problem, however, lies within its content. Fun is the name of the game here, even if the characters aren't exactly having a ball, and these guys keep it all light and entertaining. And also, because they're not knocking off a casino in Vegas, it feels more down to earth and tangible. It may be more "realistic" than one of the Ocean's ventures because we can relate to these guys better. A lot of the comedy stems from the fact that these thieves aren't really thieves at all (save for Murphy's character), so of course mistakes are made and things get pretty out of hand at times. Ratner has often been skillful with finding just the right tone for his comedies and thankfully Tower Heist is no exception.
Ratner's pacing is done pretty well, and an entertaining script with a unique story are just strengthened by a great cast. With a few additional players, which include Casey Affleck (who must just love heist films after doing the three Ocean's movies), Michael Pena, Tea Leoni and the billionaire played by Alan Alda, Ratner is anything but short on strong talent for this venture.
Fitzhugh, who's been hit hard financially by a divorce and the poor state of the economy. Matthew Broderick turns in what may be his best performance since Ferris Bueller (at least of what I've seen) as a down-on-his-luck tenant of The Tower, named Mr. Eddie Murphy is basically a foul-mouthed version of his fast-talking Shrek character, Donkey, and offers up some frenzied fun as a thief named "Slide" who Kovacs brings on to help. Ben Stiller is more like his Night at the Museum character, as Josh Kovacs, than some of his goofier roles, and serves as a likable average joe who just gets pushed too far when he and his coworkers are taken to the cleaners, financially speaking.
He also injects just enough drama to make you care about these characters. Ratner takes a more light and almost silly approach to Tower Heist, without getting too campy or cartoonish.
While Steve Soderbergh certainly kept the Ocean's trilogy comedic, they were primarily cool and slick heist capers centered on con artists who did this kind of thing as a full-time gig. Two sequels from the popular franchise, an entry into the twisted tales of Hannibal Lecter, and the much criticized third X-Men film later, Ratner returns with a new crime comedy, Tower Heist.Īt the risk of sounding like a fourth Ocean's movie, Tower Heist takes a group of everyday working stiffs, who have suffered from losing everything when a billionaire investor swindles them out of their pensions and savings, and has them scheming to set things right. In 1998, a little action comedy by the name of Rush Hour, starring action superstar Jackie Chan and comedian Chris Tucker, put a small time director named Brett Ratner on the map. Movie Reviews (Main) > Movie Reviews (Main).Indie Reviews (Main) > Indie Reviews (Main).
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