Tower Heist

If you heard of Brett Ratner, you probably remember Money Talks and Rush Hour. He loves the action comedy genre, and he has delivered some decent movies. I was suprised he directed X-men: The Last Stand, wich was very different from his previous work. Tower Heist seems to bring Brett back to where he started from, action packed comedies, and with a cast of Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy. Does this duo work, or is this just another try to get big bucks at the box office?

New York city. The Wall Street billionaire Arthur Shaw ( Alan Alda ) is the owner of the luxary appartment compex named The Tower. The building manager Josh Kovacs ( Ben Stiller ) is a very hard working man, who wants everything to work as perfect as possible. One morning Josh see in the security camera, someone is trying to kidnap The Tower owner Arthur Shaw, but it turns it is all fake. In fact, Arthur Shaw staged the kidnapping while trying to do a ponzi scheme. This is not the only problem, Josh Kovacs gave Arthur his employees pension fund money, to make sure he invested the money right. But the money is gone, and none of the staff have any pension fund money left. Furious over the situation, Josh come up with an idea. He is going to take the money back, when he finds out Arthur Shaw might hide money in The Tower. He contacts a criminal by the name of Slide ( Eddie Murphy ), to help him and his friends make this work.

When was the last time you enjoyed Eddie Murphy in a movie? I´m actually suprised he works so well in Tower Heist, maybe because his character reminds me of his classic movie 48 Hours. Ben Stiller knows how to deliver a show, he always seem to find a good balance in different personalities. Its great to see Brett Ratner is back to what he knows best, action comedies. It´s kind of his style, and he knows he can handle the combination. Nothing bad to say about this really, Tower Heist delivers a good time, and check for the guest apparences, we have some goodies there, especially if you grew up in the 80´s like myself. One decent popcorn blockbuster indeed.

Rating: DDD