adonis98-743-186503 An ex-con is used by police to lure a criminal out of hiding. Bait (2000) should have been my kind of movie, unfortunately the formula isn't working and it all has to do with the script i don't know if this was trying to become another Payback or Fugitive or whatever you wanna call it but it's really terrible and i didn't buy on Jamie Foxx's performance one bit he is actually getting on my nerves after a while plus i don't get it why the police is using a criminal to lead them to another criminal i just don't get it at all. Plus to top it all of the movie is directed by Antoine Fuqua the man behind Southpaw, Magnificent Seven, Equalizer, Olympus Has Fallen, Shooter, Training Day and Tears of the Sun but i guess some times even great directors make movies that just aren't that good enough and this film ain't no good. (0/10)

danceability-1 Good...Good Movie.I am amazed at how this movie has a low average(3 stars?) when there are crappy movies averaging 4 and 1/2 stars and 5 stars on Amazon and IMDb. The fanboy mentality strikes again. When this movie came out just about everyone slammed it. Even my ex-girlfriend said this movie was suspect. Years later I sat down to watch this movie and I found myself enjoying. Even laughing quite a bit. This and The Replacement Killers are the movies that had people labeling the director Antoine Fuqua as the black Michael Bay. I don't see how since most of Fuqua's movies are smarter than anything Michael Bay has came up with. I Loved this movie, and I think you will too. It had a lot of action in it, and it was humorous. Good story, nice plot. Its Just A Good, Good...Good Movie.danceability-1 Amsterdam Holland

expe67 i just bait on television.i did not expect much and jamie foxx,well..i just don't think he is a star.but boy he proved me wrong in that picture.i think that,besides his Oscar performance,i think that he was quite excellent in that movie.although he had the standard cliché likable-easy going drifter,he added his personal talent,and made the character very enjoyable to watch.all the actors were very good in their roles.the bad guy was great,and all the rest character actors were just right.the rhythm of the movie was good,it did not have any really awful,sickly twisted bloody scenes,well..just your standard ones.the end was kind of poorly thought.after all the movie takes time to give us a very intelligent bad guy.all and all one really more enjoyable movie of its kind than you would expect.i have one question though.i know that the sum of stolen dollars mentioned in the movie is a lot,but a bad guy of that kind of intelligence,one who can get in the national security's computers,and kid around ,you know were i m going with this one don't you,well..couldn't he steal a lot of money through computers,and with the advantage of doing it totally safe?does he have to go and do it like the local thief taking so many chances?..and taking for a partner the guy in the beginning who seems totally untrustworthy?that does not seem like the clever man that we see for the rest of the movie..

vchimpanzee This movie had trouble deciding whether it was a comedy or an action thriller. But I don't think I would have enjoyed it if the comedy hadn't been there. I won't say Jamie Foxx showed the talent for playing Ray Charles, but he was okay. He wasn't a complete goofball. If he showed any range at all, it came in jail when the other prisoner got sick. If anyone gave a good performance, it was the man who was chasing Jamie, but I don't remember his name. Quite a disturbing character. Also good: the actor playing the government agent who seemed to be in charge.The best thing about the movie was the way it ended. Very exciting, with lots of good editing and stunt work. I will say only that this happened at a race track, with one rider going against the horses who were in an actual race! It was also exciting the way the FBI was able to keep track of Jamie's character. I don't know how realistic the technology was, but it was interesting and the special effects and computer technology were enjoyable to watch.It wasn't the best action film ever, but it wasn't complete garbage.