Entrapment (1999 film)

Entrapment (entitled La trapa in Spain and La embascada in Latin America) is a 1999 film directed by Jon Amiel and starring Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Plot

A Rembrandt goes missing and all suspicion falls on the most notorious white collar thief in business, Robert "Mac" MacDougal (Sean Connery). Virginia "Gin" Baker (Catherine Zeta-Jones), a resourceful insurance agent with many plans to catch the thief, is on her trail. When they meet, they engage in a game of attraction, desire and deception that leads them to travel through London, Scotland and the city of Kuala Lumpur.

Cast

• Sean Connery is Robert MacDougal.
• Catherine Zeta-Jones is Virginia "Gin" Baker.
• Will Patton is Hector Cruz.
• Ving Rhames is Aaron Thibadeaux.
• Maury Chaykin is Conrad Greene.
• Kevin McNally is Haas.
• Terry O'Neill is Quinn.
• Madhav Sharma is the head of security.
• David Yip is the chief of police.
• Rolf Saxon is the Director.

Filming scenes

Duart Castle, MacDougal's hiding place

Filming took place at different locations in the UK and Malaysia, including Blenheim Palace, Savoy Hotel London, Lloyd's of London Building, Borough Market, London, Duart Castle in the Isle of Mull in Scotland, the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur (parts of these towers were recreated at Pinewood Studios), and the final scene at Bukit Jalil LRT station although the billboard that appears is the movie is Pudu LRT station instead of Bukit Jalil.

Reception

The film was a commercial success, grossing $87 million domestically and $212 million worldwide.

Many film critics such as those of The New York Times, New York Magazine, the Chicago Sun-Times, Variety, and Desson Howe/Thomson of the Washington Post praised the film.

Roger Ebert gave it three stars and said: "It works because it is made stylishly. The plot is put together like a Swiss watch that keeps changing time zones: It is accurate and misleading at once. The film consists of one elaborate caper sequence after another, and it rivals the Bond films in its climactic action sequence. The stunt and f/x work here does a good job... Most of the movie's action is just that--action--and not extreme violence." Ebert highlighted Zeta-Jones' charisma, & # 34; I can only reflect on her, as I did while watching her in & # 34; The Mask of Zorro, & # 34; that while beautiful women are a dime a dozen in the movies, those with fire, flash and humor are a good deal more scarce."

Other reviews, without being enthusiastic, gave it a thumbs up.