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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Language, Sexual Situations Movie Release: 2000 DVD Release: 01/23/2001 Format: DVD - Letterbox for TV Edition: Dual Layered Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, French SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 59 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Total Copies: 13 Genres: Crime, Chase Movie, Crime Comedy

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

Jamie Foxx - Alvin Sanders
David Morse - Edgar Clenteen
Doug Hutchison - Bristol
Robert Pastorelli - John Jaster
Kimberly Elise - Lisa Hill

Antoine Fuqua's comedy caper film Bait comes to DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1. English and French soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1. Subtitles are accessible in both of those languages as well. Supplemental materials include a commentary track by star Jamie Foxx as well as cast and crew biographies. With the superb transfer and the entertaining commentary track, this DVD is sure to please fans of both the film and Foxx. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide