Sean Connery (Mac) plays the "James Bond" of the
art theft world. Catherine Zeta-Jones (Gin) is the
sexy insurance investigator who travels to England
after him. But who will entrap who? The film does a
good job of keeping us guessing all the way to the
end. It's a careful balancing act not unlike the
gymnastics Gin shows off as she twists her body
through a scattered array of laser light alarms.
As always, Connery is terribly charismatic and I
can't deny that he is still handsome in his elder
years, but I absolutely don't buy the manipulatively
clever Gin falling for him in a sexual way.
Fortunately, all the contact we have to witness is a
short kiss -- which could have been more effective if
only implied.
The film is at its best when entrenched in clever
thieving, planning, gadgetry and execution. This it
does very well. The film is at its worst in its
words; the dialogue dipping into immaturity at more
than a few points. All in all, "Entrapment" is a
cute/clever, rather TV-esq picture that could have
used just a little more heart.
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