Quickie Review: A Wall Street financial manager is placed under house arrest at his upscale condominium complex after he is charged with stealing billions of dollars from his clients, among them are the condominium staffers whose pensions were entrusted to him. The staffers suspect that he has money hidden in his condo and hire a petty crook to help them get their money back or risk letting him walk away after committing the perfect crime.
I liked it. And the audience liked it, too. It's a funny movie. And it is relevant to our "Occupy Wall Street" time.
Here are the things that I found wrong about this movie: You don't ever leave your wallet with a stranger. Don't they have security cameras in those shopping mall stores? Didn't the maid eat that slice of chocolate cake that she, herself, sprinkled with "sleeping powder"? There were thousands gathered to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade yet not one of them noticed the bright red object dangling high up above them even though watching such a parade would necessitate that people look up in the air! The body, frame and mechanicals of the car were all strictly "one-off" custom-made parts. And the specific tool-and-die equipments alone that would be needed for the custom "one-off" auto parts job would cost millions of dollars, and many man-hours, to make--definitely not a cost-effective project; and such an extravagant project would not remain secret for a long time because of the costs ( read: Paper Trail ) involved. Those packages sent to all of those individuals were heavy. Who paid to have them all sent? And how will they convert them to cash, especially since the FBI is looking for each one as evidence of the crime? They would all be charged guilty of being accessories to the crime, of tampering with evidence and of obstructing justice--a Federal offense, in this case!
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