It’s not just a Robbery. It’s Payback. Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy lead an all-star cast in Tower Heist, a comedy caper about working stiffs who seek revenge on the Wall Street swindler who stiffed them. After the workers at a luxury Central Park condominium discover the penthouse billionaire has stolen their retirement, they plot the ultimate revenge: a heist to reclaim what he took from them.
Queens native Josh Kovacs (Stiller) has managed one of the most luxurious and well-secured residences in New York City for more than a decade. Under his watchful eye, nothing goes undetected. In the swankiest unit atop Josh’s building, Wall Street titan Arthur Shaw (Alan Alda) is under house arrest after being caught stealing two billion from his investors. The hardest hit among those he defrauded? The tower staffers whose pensions he was entrusted to manage.
With only days before Arthur gets away with the perfect crime, Josh’s crew turns to petty crook Slide (Murphy) to plan the nearly impossible…to steal what they are sure is hidden in Arthur’s guarded condo. Though amateurs, these rookie thieves know the building better than anyone. Turns out they’ve been casing the place for years, they just didn’t know it.
Release:
November 4, 2011
Studio:
Universal Pictures
Genre:
Action / Comedy / Crime
Rating:
Running Time:
minutes
Writer:
Ted Griffin and Jeff Nathanson
Producer:
Brian Grazer, Eddie Murphy, Kim Roth
Director:
Brett Ratner
Cast:
Matthew Broderick..... Chase Fitzhugh Ben Stiller..... Josh Kovacs Eddie Murphy..... Slide Téa Leoni..... Gertie Fiansen Casey Affleck..... Cole Howard Michael Peña..... Rick Malloy Gabourey Sidibe..... Odessa Montero Alan Alda..... Arthur Shaw
It’s not just a Robbery. It’s Payback.
