| Bait | | Cast : | Jamie Foxx | | Director : | Antoine Fuqua | | Studio : | Warner Home Video | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | September 15, 2000 | | DVD Released Date : | February 04, 2003 | | Language : | Unknown (Dubbed), English (Dubbed), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | May 09, 2005 | | Summary | i liked this movie, i really did! | Content
 | well i'm just a jamie fox fanatic, that's all. anything that he's in, i'll watch. and this movie had me on the edge of my seat. now there was some times i had to put my DVD player on pause because i did not want to see my Jamie get hurt, but i had to realize this was only a movie (yeah, yeah, i'm silly and trippin! so sue me!) but it was really fun to watch. i just think jamie foxx is so cute! i just love him. great action in this film. and David Morse was great too. i just want more Jamie, that's all. |
| Rating | | | Date | April 25, 2005 | | Summary | I'm glad Oscar voters didn't see this before they voted! | Content
| Jamie Foxx deserved his Oscar for "Ray". Had he not been up against Morgan Freeman for "Million Dollar Baby" he may have deserved a second for "Collateral". (Though in comparison to "Ray" his performance there was decidedly second-rate.)I watched "Bait" to see what the other side of Jamie Foxx was like. There could very well be better examples of Foxx's comedic prowess, but this isn't it.
Antoine Fuqua has gotten a bad reputation. "Tears of the Sun" was mediocre at best. "The Replacement Killers" was loud, garish, and over-the-top. That one can be forgiven given its purpose but is unworthy of priase. "Training Day" was uncharacteristically wonderful and it was my first exposure to his work, so I was surprised that he was so reviled. Until now, that is.
"Bait" was shockingly violent. Sure, I've seen much worse, but they were not "action-comedies." Some of the images displayed here are not conducive to laughter. No big loss, there was no laughter to be had in the first place.
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| Rating | | | Date | May 14, 2004 | | Summary | Not great, but it's decent. | Content
| I did not have high expectations for this film. The movie actually was not half bad. It's not great, but it will keep your interest. I think Jamie has the making of a potential action star if he gets a better developed script. |
| Rating | | | Date | February 05, 2004 | | Summary | Yawn............ | Content
| Great, another pointless action movie that adds nothing to a tired, been-done-to-death genre. This thriller/ action/ suspense/ comedy combo doesn`t score well and is just another endless picture that makes little sense and has a contrived, unbelievable plot to match. Director Antoine Fuqua ("Training Day") offers a decent cinematography and an adequate urban soundtrack, but that doesn`t mean much when the characters are little more than carboard and the plot so bland. Forgettable. |
| Rating | | | Date | December 09, 2003 | | Summary | Foxx is funny but this movie is neither | Content
| Foxx(Held Up, Any Given Sunday) is arrested and then put back on the street and he is to be used as Bait to lure in a theif plyaed by Doug Hutchinson(The Salton Sea, The Green Mile)...Foxx runs threw hoops and twists sprouting comical moments and all but whats the catch..the end where the baby is in jeopardy is what to stressful to watch..even for some parents..not much fun..other actors include David Morse(The Negotiator, Stephen King's Langoliers), Mike Epps(All About The Bejamins, Next Friday), David Paymer(Payback, Mr. Saturday Night), Kimberly Elise(John Q, Set It Off), Jamie Kennedy(Malibu's Most Wanted, The Scream Trilogy), Robert Pastorelli(Eraser, Michael), Tia Texada(Tv's Thrid Watch, From Dusk Till Dawn), Jeffrey Donovan(Book OF Shadows:Blair Witch 2, When Trumpets Fade), and Nestor Serrano(Showtime, City Hall) |
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