Themes: Cons and Scams, Going Straight, Nothing Goes Right
Main Cast: Jamie Foxx, David Morse, Doug Hutchison, Robert Pastorelli, Kimberly Elise
Release Year: 2000
Country: US
Run Time: 119 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
In this action comedy, a crook trying to go straight finds himself lured back to crime by the police, without his even knowing it. When master criminals Jasper (Robert Pastorelli) and Bristol (Doug Hutchison) pull a heist that nets $40 million in gold but leaves behind several dead policemen, detective Edgar Clenteen (David Morse) pulls out all the stops to put the thief behind bars. Jasper is jailed and ends up sharing a cell with Alvin Sanders (Jamie Foxx), a habitual small-time criminal who was brought in after a bungled robbery of a seafood wholesaler. Jasper, who has a weak heart, suffers a heart attack in jail, and as he dies, he gives Alvin a message to pass along to his wife. Eager to track down Bristol, who still has the gold, Clenteen has Alvin secretly implanted with an experimental tracking device, and then lets him go free, while spreading the word on the street that Jasper told him where the gold was stashed shortly before his death. While Alvin makes an effort to start his life over and get a straight job, Clenteen and his staff are electronically following his every move, waiting for Bristol and his associates to track him down. Bait was directed by Antoine Fuqua, whose previous credit was the stylish crime thriller The Replacement Killers. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
David Paymer - Agent Wooly; Mike Epps - Stevie Sanders; Jamie Kennedy - Agent Blum; Nestor Serrano - Agent Boyle; Kirk Acevedo - Ramundo; Jeffrey Donovan - Julio; Megan Dodds - Agent Walsh; Tia Texada - Tika; Conrad Bergschneider - Mobile Agents; Larry Block - Customer; Desmond Campbell - convict; Al Cerullo - Helicopter Pilot; Jonathan Hadary - Cafe Owner; Glynn Thomas - Chem-Tech Agent; Ron Bell - Trucker; John H.M. Berger - Medical Examiner; Jason Jones - Guard; Bill Lynn - Night Watchman; Stan Coles - General; Shawn Lawrence - Warden Clay; Joe Pingue - Cop; Ritchie Coster - Buyer; Victor A. Young - Senator; Clé Bennett - Convict; William Richards - Helicopter Pilot; Neil Crone - Supervisor; Matthew Witherly - Guard; Don Allison - Senator; Grouchy Boy - Convict; Arnold Pinnock - convict; Lee Rumohr - Bound Guard; Tom Cappadona - Cab Driver; Billy Otis - Odd Inmate; Navaco Bernice Downey - Girl In Club; Martin Roach - Cop; John Harper - Running Man; Dylan Bierk - Police Photographer; Bruce Beaton - Agent With Coffee; Ron Kennell - Mobile Agent; Nick Pjoternicky - Agent; Joanna Polley - Rhonda Glimsher; Lorraine McNeil - Woman Looking In Car Window; Dave Tomassini - Helicopter Pilot; Paul Miller - Dr. Harris; Norman Spencer - Bound Guard
Credit
Patricia Woodbridge - Art Director, Peter Grundy - Art Director, Jaro Dick - Supervising Art Director, Keith Hamilton - Animator, Thomasz Antos - Animator, Aron Hatfield - Animator, Peter Lepeniotis - Animator, Michael Starr - Animator, Jim J.T. Thompson - Boom Operator, Ronnie Yeskel - Casting, Susan Forrest - Casting, Joseph Boccia - Co-producer, Delphine White - Costume Designer, Kelsey T. Howard - First Assistant Director, Alan Edmisten - First Assistant Director, Michael Johnson - First Assistant Director, Antoine Fuqua - Director, Peter Lyons Collister - Second Unit Director, Alan Edward Bell - Editor, Tony Gilroy - Executive Producer, Jaime Rucker King - Executive Producer, Neishaw Girdharry - Executive Producer, Norm Stangl - Executive Producer, Renée Chan - Hair Styles, Iraina Gibson - Hair Styles, Conrad E. Hilton - Hair Styles, Debra Beers - Location Manager, Michael Blecher - Location Manager, Suzanne Porter - Location Manager, Thomas J. Whelan - Location Manager, Mark Mancina - Composer (Music Score), Joseph Boccia - Musical Direction/Supervision, Lalette Littlejohn - Makeup, Elizabeth Gruszka - Makeup, Peter Mercurio - Camera Operator, Peter Jamison - Production Designer, Tobias Schliessler - Cinematographer, Sean Ryerson - Producer, John Rose - Set Designer, Spin Entertainment - Special Effects, Jerome Vitucci - Sound Mixer, Bruce Carwardine - Sound/Sound Designer, Per Hallberg - Sound Editor, Karen M. Baker - Sound Editor, Roy Anderson - Stunts, Matt Birman - Stunts, Ernie Jackson - Stunts, Billy Oliver - Stunts, Fred Perron - Stunts, Paul Rutledge - Stunts, John Stoneham, Sr. - Stunts, William Washington - Stunts, Dwayne McLean - Stunts, Branko Racki - Stunts, Marco Bianco - Stunts, Jamie Jones - Stunts, Jerry Hewitt - Stunts, Wayne Downer - Stunts, Kevin Rushton - Stunts, Nick Nolan - Stunts, Eric Bryson - Stunts, Francois Gauthier - Stunts, Patrick Mark - Stunts, Lloyd Adams - Stunts, Chris Antonucci - Stunts, Brittney Banks - Stunts, Ron Bell - Stunts, Peter Buscossi - Stunts, Shelley Cook - Stunts, Roy Farfel - Stunts, Tom Farr - Stunts, Thomas Ficke - Stunts, Brian Jagersky - Stunts, Billie Linders - Stunts, Steve Luscesu - Stunts, Jalil Lynch - Stunts, Darren Marsman - Stunts, Cotton Mather - Stunts, Rebecca Stoneham Moore - Stunts, Layton Morrison - Stunts, Ed Queffelec - Stunts, Robert Racki - Stunts, Rex Reddick - Stunts, Bryan Renfro - Stunts, Larry Rippenkrogger - Stunts, Maryann Stevens - Stunts, Bryan Thomas - Stunts, Geoff Williams - Stunts, Mike Mitchell - Stunts, John Stoneham Jr. - Stunts Coordinator, Joseph Boccia - Unit Production Manager, Donna E. Bloom - Unit Production Manager, Andrew Scheinman - Screenwriter, Tony Gilroy - Screenwriter, Adam Scheinman - Screenwriter, Peter Lyons Collister - Second Unit Director Of Photography, Charles Gibson - Visual Effects Supervisor, Paul Hunt - Visual Effects Supervisor, Harry Cohen - Sound Effects Editor, Dino R. Dimuro - Sound Effects Editor, Randy Kelley - Sound Effects Editor, Carey Milbradt - Sound Effects Editor, Peter Staubli - Sound Effects Editor, Karen Tyrell - Unit Publicist, Richard Pearson - Additional Editing, John Colavecchia - First Assistant Camera, Akira Nishihata - First Assistant Camera, Morris Flam - Gaffer, Michael Galbraith - Gaffer, Peter Schaffer Smith - Gaffer, Barry Horsley - Grip, Jason McGowan - Grip, Adam Pill - Grip, Christopher Dean - Key Grip, Mitchell Lillian - Key Grip, Martin Stock - Key Grip, Craig Pettigrew - Music Editor, Tricia Miles - Post Production Supervisor, Montez A. Monroe - Production Coordinator, Alice S. Kim - Production Coordinator, M.J. Tirol Magbanua - Production Coordinator, Robin M. Reelis - Production Coordinator, Gina Fowler - Production Supervisor, Ron Dickie - Properties Master, Brad Sherman - Re-Recording Mixer, Melissa Hofmann - Re-Recording Mixer, Susanna David - Script Supervisor, Soo-Won Lee - Script Supervisor, Marlene Arvan - Second Assistant Director, Bruno Bryniarski - Second Assistant Director, Michael Kavanagh - Special Effects Coordinator, Michael Bird - Special Effects Coordinator, George Kratchyk - Still Photographer, Per Hallberg - Supervising Sound Editor, Karen M. Baker - Supervising Sound Editor, Sandra Gillen - Visual Effects Producer, Julie Lawrence - Visual Effects Producer, Laura Graham - ADR Editor, Christopher Dunn - Assistant Location Manager, Ian Smith - Assistant Location Manager, Susan R. Jones - Assistant Production Coordinator, Kevin Lise - Assistant Properties, Philip D. Morrill - Assistant Sound Editor, Tom Starnes - Best Boy Electric, Jim Craig - Best Boy Grip, Jonathan Vanseader - Camera Loader, Claudia Bloom - Casting Assistant, Leanna Sheldon - Casting Assistant, James Halpenny - Construction Coordinator, Lauren Stephens - Dialogue Editor, Donald Caulfield - Electrician, Barry Horsley - Electrician, Delroy P. Jarrett - Electrician, Rod McNeil Jr. - Electrician, Brian Montague - Electrician, Zamaret Kleiman - Extra Casting, E. Gloria Alvarado - First Assistant Accountant, Charlene Olson - First Assistant Editor, James Moriana - Foley Artist, Jeff Wilhoit - Foley Artist, Paul Jyrala - Foley Editor, Bob Beher - Foley Editor, Jim Peters - Greensman, Ann Scott - Post Production Accountant, Timothy Clarkin - Production Accountant, K. Lenna Katich - Production Accountant, David Sheridan - Second Assistant Camera, John Harper - Second Assistant Camera, Sol Bard - Second Assistant Camera, Cylvan Desrouleaux - Second Assistant Camera, Peter Soldo - Second Second Assistant Director, Bob Warwick - Second Second Assistant Director, Elena Kenney - Set Dresser, David O. Charles - Set Dresser, Jacques-Alexander Veilleaux - Set Dresser, Spin Entertainment - Visual Effects, Jaro Dick - Set Decorator, John Rose - Set Decorator
