At the end of the decade where action-thrillers around crime made quantum leaps as a genre, Entrapment came in with a two characters gallery, a legendary thief and an insurance agent. The former James Bond, Sean Connery, takes on the role as the older legendary thief, while Cathrine Zeta-Jones is the younger female insurance agent hunting him. Soon enough both plays along, and the preparations for a huge job is on.
This movie gives hints to a lot of other movies from different parts of the genre, and throughout we feel like we've seen this all before, just done better. What even makes this work to some degree is the fact we got Sean Connery and Cathrine Zeta-Jones. They both do splendid work. Connery reminds us why he's considered a legend and Zeta-Jones is beautiful the way all women should be beautiful. She looks healthy, she got curves, she looks natural, and it all reminds us we want a woman we'll not be afraid to hold close. Not afraid she'll snap because she's only skin and bones. A movie star the way they used to make them, and thankfully there's still casting agents and directors realizing how timeless that is.
So the story is cliched and unoriginal. It doesn't help we really never get that nerve-wrecking feeling either. The job isn't much of a job compared to those we've seen in dozens of heist-movies and the chase to catch the thieves isn't very entertaining. It's really a movie that will probably not surprise you anywhere, and it lacks somewhat in the lay-out as well, but if you like heist-movies the good acting from our leads will salvage some of the effort in this as well.
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