Tower Heist USA 2011 – 104min.

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Tower Heist

Dimitrios Athanassiou
Movie Rating: Dimitrios Athanassiou

Disgruntled employees plan to rob the luxury high-rise owned by their rich boss. Action comedy starring Ben Stiller and Eddy Murphy.

Josh and Slide are both from working class Queens. While Josh has made it to a good job as a concierge in a luxury high-rise, Slide is still a hustler. The two come together when it turns out one of the tower's billionaire residents has bilked the staff out of their pensions, and they decide to steal the money he has hidden in his penthouse. Now all they need is a plan to access robber baron's safe...

Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy in the same movie sounds like fun, and Tower Heist is a good mix of soft satire that combines the revenge of the little man with an ensemble comedy in the style of Ocean's Eleven. With an illustrious cast of likeable anti-heroes, this modern day Robin Hood tale includes many entertaining – and even a few thoughtful – scenes. With more edgy satire and a dose of real drama, this could have turned into more than just your average comedy.

31.05.2021

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