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Synopsis: In New York, Alvin Sanders is a small-time thief who's just been hauled in for stealing a bunch of prawns (shrimp) from a local restaurant. He ends up in a cell with John Jaster, one half of a high-tech criminal team that's just stolen $42,000,000 worth of gold from the Federal Reserve. Realizing that he could die at any moment from his worsening heart condition, Jaster tells Alvin to relay a cryptic message to his wife about the whereabouts of the hidden gold. Alvin doesn't know exactly what the message means, and Edgar Clenteen, the U.S. Treasury investigator working the case, hopes it will lead to the gold or Jaster's partner Bristol, but it does neither. Eighteen months later, Jaster is dead, and both Clenteen and Bristol are still looking for that gold. Clenteen decides to secretly plant a tracking device in Alvin's jaw, release him from prison, and then let the word out that he knows where the gold is hidden. Knowing that Bristol is probably watching their every move, Clenteen ho
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Director(s): Antoine Fuqua
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
 
IMDB:
5.8
Metacritic:
39
Rotten Tomatoes:
26%
R
Year:
2000
119 min
$14,934,238
Website
662 Views


Don't disappoint me.

Sir, I'm in.

All right, here we go.

Case number 1411263.

Subject:
Alvin Dean Sanders.

Former cellmate:
John Delano Jaster.

Released from Sing Sing prison Friday.

Treasury surveillance|subcontract required.

Pay-grade status approved.

Split-shift overtime coverage.

Contact Special Agent Vicks|at tspec.com.

Ed, you actually think this guy is|surfing Treasury Department files?

What if he can't decode this?|We can make a less secure encryption.

Maybe we should indicate we think|Sanders knows where the gold is.

Listen to me. I had a grandfather|who was a trapper by profession.

Now he had two prices|on his card: wolf...

and everything else.

Now a wolf...

will starve itself to death...

rather than make a mistake.

You have to lay down a scent|that smells real from far away.

And the bait...

has to be fresh|and untouched by human hands.

And make no mistake about it...

we are hunting wolf.

Send the message.

Voice recognition, please.

Voice recognition, please.

Bristol here.

- All is well and good.|- Good morning, sir.

Mainframe up, please.

Mainframe boot sequence complete.

System check, please.

All systems are online.

Let's see....

Overnights, please.

Overnights loading from NSA...

and Treasury Department|servers U.S. dot gov.

Overnights loaded, ready for review.

Where shall we start today?

NSA, please.

NSA loaded.

A secret, huh?

I love a secret.

Alvin...

do you feel like a lucky man?

No. Yes.|Well, it depends on what you....

Of all the many crimes|that men commit...

the worst punishment|is rewarded those...

who squander their good fortune.

- You're right, you're right.|- You understand me?

No, sir.

Mr. Sanders...

you were arrested and booked...

by a police officer|named Wayne Miller for...

theft of shrimp.

Well, you know,|actually they were prawns.

You know the big jumbo shrimp|that's, like, at least a dollar...

Six weeks ago,|in an internal investigation...

Miller admitted to a dozen counts|of falsifying evidence.

Son of a...

Jesus.

Thank God for people|that come forward.

Needless to say, we've been petitioned|to repudiate the convictions.

Repudiation is what...

What everybody needs more of|is a little repudiation.

Now, repudiation is....|Use it in a sentence.

I have a short sentence|for you, Alvin.

You walk.

I'm back, baby!

You miss me?

I'm free!

New York City, do you feel me?

Okay, let's take it for a spin.

Time code is locked.|Satellite uplink is sealed.

Tracking is a go.

Hey, yo, taxi!

Yeah, where you going there?

I'm trying to get to Queens.

Jeez, that's bad for me.

I don't go to Queens.

What do you mean?

I seldom get there.|Where is it?

Copy that.|All right, guys, we're up.

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Andrew Scheinman

Andrew Scheinman is an American film and television producer, as well as a film director and screenwriter. Before he got his start in entertainment, he worked as a professional tennis player, as well as earning a JD from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1973. He is one of the heads of Castle Rock Entertainment. He won an Emmy Award for producing Seinfeld and was nominated for an Academy Award for producing A Few Good Men. more…

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