Tower Heist : Movie Review


Rush Hour’s Brett Ratner returns to cinema to direct Tower Heist, a lighthearted romp with an impressive ensemble cast. Stiller plays our lead Josh, the workaholic manger of ‘The Tower’; a set of elite apartments in New York owned by Arthur Shaw (Alan Alda). Josh has always looked up to businessman Shaw and the two are chess buddies, so his world comes tumbling down when the FBI stride in and arrest Shaw for involvement in a Ponzi style money scam. The worst has yet to come though, when Josh has to admit to his entire staff that he had let Shaw invest every penny of their pension schemes, and all their savings are gone.

Eventually after a slightly long wait, our premise arrives when Josh finally takes off his rose tinted spectacles and sees the true evil of Shaw and vows revenge. After getting sacked he teams up with ex resident, and ex wall street financier, Fitzhugh (Broderick) his brother in law Charlie (Casey Affleck) who also worked at the hotel and elevator operator Dev’Reaux (Michael Peņa). After releasing that Shaw must still have a significant cash sum hidden in the hotel, they hatch a plan to steal it and redistribute it among the conned staff. This is where Eddie Murphys Slide comes in. He is Josh’s lowlife criminal neighbour, who insults him in the street most mornings, but has the criminal know-how the team need to successfully pull of the heist.

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Author : Emma Green