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Jamie Foxx, David Morse, Doug Hutchison, Robert Pastorelli, Kimberly Elise ... see more see more... , David Paymer , Mike Epps , Jamie Kennedy , Nestor Serrano , Kirk Acevedo , Jeffrey Donovan , Megan Dodds , Tia Texada , Conrad Bergschneider , Larry Block , Desmond Campbell , Al Cerullo , Jonathan Hadary , Glynn Thomas , Ron Bell , John H.M. Berger , Jason Jones , Bill Lynn , Stan Coles , Shawn Lawrence , Joe Pingue , Ritchie Coster , Victor A. Young , Clé Bennett , William Richards , Neil Crone , Matthew Witherly , Don Allison , Grouchy Boy , Arnold Pinnock , Lee Rumohr , Tom Cappadona , Billy Otis , Navaco Bernice Downey , Martin Roach , Dr. John Jay Harper , Dylan Bierk , Bruce Beaton , Ron Kennell , Nick Pjoternicky , Joanna Polley , Lorraine McNeil , Dave Tomassini , Paul Miller , Norman Spencer , Doug Hutchinson

In this action comedy, a crook trying to go straight finds himself lured back to crime by the police, without his even knowing it. When master criminals Jasper (Robert Pastorelli) and Bristol (Doug Hu... read more read more...tchison) pull a heist that nets $40 million in gold but leaves behind several dead policemen, detective Edgar Clenteen (David Morse) pulls out all the stops to put the thief behind bars. Jasper is jailed and ends up sharing a cell with Alvin Sanders (Jamie Foxx), a habitual small-time criminal who was brought in after a bungled robbery of a seafood wholesaler. Jasper, who has a weak heart, suffers a heart attack in jail, and as he dies, he gives Alvin a message to pass along to his wife. Eager to track down Bristol, who still has the gold, Clenteen has Alvin secretly implanted with an experimental tracking device, and then lets him go free, while spreading the word on the street that Jasper told him where the gold was stashed shortly before his death. While Alvin makes an effort to start his life over and get a straight job, Clenteen and his staff are electronically following his every move, waiting for Bristol and his associates to track him down. Bait was directed by Antoine Fuqua, whose previous credit was the stylish crime thriller The Replacement Killers. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 59 min.

Directed by: Antoine Fuqua

Release Date: September 15, 2000

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DVD Release Date: January 23, 2001

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  • TheMachinist
    January 6, 2009
    TheMachinist
    "Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Comedy"... That's how Flixster would categorize "Bait". Well, this film fits none of the previous mentioned genres. I would categorize it to the genre called 'crap'...

    It's hard to imagine that the star of this film is Jamie Foxx, the Aca... read moredemy Award winning actor from "Ray". In this movie he's nothing but a obnoxious, little wanna be gangsta. The other cast members ain't doing a better job either...

    The film is just a total waste of time and talent. David Morse, Antoine Fuqua... There's talent available but not in here.
  • ileo
    December 23, 2007
    ileo
    Crazy funny!
  • mistachy
    November 8, 2010
    mistachy
    Bait is goofy silly, but it's very well done and one of Jamie Foxx's best movies in my opinion. I laughed my but off. If you liked movies like Held Up and Any Given Sunday... then this is right up your alley. It's classic goofy humor combined with a courageous love story. Everyon... read moree did an excellent job!
  • seleh87
    September 27, 2008
    seleh87
    bait turned out to be a very good movie....it shows how crooked people can be even cops.....they abuse the rules alot trying to get what they want.....it was wrong for them to implant something into someone without their consent...yeah he may have been a petty criminal but even p... read moreetty criminals have rights...used him as bait to lure another criminal out of hiding....jamie fox is a tallented actor.....it was alot of action and suspense in this movie....the cast did an excellent job in this movie.....it had alot of humor in this movie....boy did i laugh alot...this petty criminal wasn't as stupid as he looked like the investigators thought....as soon as he found out that he was a father....his way of thinking changed and his actions improved alot....i'm glad the police handled the crazy man....alot of pun intended in this movie....the first time i seen this movie which is today and i really enjoyed watching this movie....it had a very good ending too...the petty criminal had plenty of smart sense....
  • muttonman21
    January 14, 2007
    muttonman21
    An early turn for Foxx's career. Probably forgotten by now, but I've resurrected it, mwa ha ha ha ha ha! Indeed, it could be forgetable, but I will have to say it is a decent thriller, moreso than the overhyped crap spewed out nowadays.
  • okkaywarner
    May 13, 2006
    okkaywarner
    saw it on TBS and they replaced "shit" with "shucks" and that was funny! uh, anyway, it was an ok movie. enjoyable but nothing great.

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Critic Reviews

Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
January 1, 2000
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Despite its genre trappings, Bait is an entertaining and occasionally clever picture with a crackling peformance by Jamie Foxx. Full Review

Roger Moore
January 1, 2000
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

Fuqua has enveloped the luckless Jamie Foxx ... in a stylishly inept mess of a movie; a film as badly flawed in concept as it is incoherent in execution.

Mike Clark
January 1, 2000
Mike Clark, USA Today

If the movies that make 'best lists' are filet mignon, the culinary comparison here probably is bait.

John Monaghan
January 1, 2000
John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press

Ultimately, it's Foxx's insistence on filling any dead air with wisecracks that spoils Bait.

Sean Means
January 1, 2000
Sean Means, Film.com

He's hilarious, but through the jokes, you get the sense Foxx knows he deserves better.

Jay Carr
January 1, 2000
Jay Carr, Boston Globe

Instead of a tiger in its tank, this vehicle for Foxx has a lot of formula.

Desson Thomson
January 1, 2000
Desson Thomson, Washington Post

It's just respectable trash, and a dress rehearsal for better things ahead. Full Review

Andrew O'Hehir
January 1, 2000
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com

Bait makes a fatal mistake, one this kind of movie should never make unless it actually is The Matrix or Terminator 2: Judgment Day: It's long. Full Review

January 1, 2000
Houston Chronicle

Blending comedy and action is a formula that works when both elements are strong, as in, say, Beverly Hills Cop or 48 Hours. In Bait, this isn't the case. Full Review

Paul Tatara
January 1, 2000
Paul Tatara, CNN.com

Director Antoine Fuqua ... serves up every cliche in the book. Full Review

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