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After the Sunset (2004)

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Reviews Counted:135

Fresh:25

Rotten:110

Average Rating:4.4/10

Consensus: A slick but bland thriller.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for sexuality, violence and language.

Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Theatrical Release:Nov 12, 2004 Wide

Box Office: $28,287,950

Synopsis: The high-stakes action comedy After The Sunset begins where most great heist movies end – with a pair of master thieves escaping to a tropical paradise to enjoy the spoils of their labor. But when... The high-stakes action comedy After The Sunset begins where most great heist movies end – with a pair of master thieves escaping to a tropical paradise to enjoy the spoils of their labor. But when an FBI agent, who has pursued them for seven years, becomes convinced that they are actually plotting to pull off a million-dollar theft from a nearby "diamond cruise," a riveting game of cat and mouse begins. Max "The King of Alibis" Burdett (Pierce Brosnan) and his beautiful accomplice Lola (Salma Hayek) have come to Paradise Island in the Bahamas, fresh off their final big score in which they lifted the second of the three famous Napoleon diamonds. With their financial future set, the couple is ready to relax and enjoy their hard-earned riches. But Stan (Woody Harrelson), the FBI agent who has spent years in dogged but failed pursuit of Max, refuses to believe that his nemesis is actually calling it quits. He thinks that Max and Lola are actually plotting to steal the third Napoleon diamond – one of the three largest non-flawed diamonds in the world – which is coincidentally scheduled to arrive on Paradise Island as part of a touring cruise ship exhibition. Since he has no jurisdiction in the Caribbean country, Stan teams with a local cop (Naomie Harris) and sets out to catch the sly Max and Lola in the act, while at the same time a local gangster (Don Cheadle) has his own plans for the diamond. When the longtime adversaries meet up in paradise, Max quickly turns the tables and befriends the frustrated detective, showing him that Paradise Island has no shortage of pleasures to offer. But in order for Stan to figure out exactly what Max and Lola are up to, he will have to navigate all the twists and double-crosses of an action-packed story of friendship, suspicion and thievery. New Line Cinema presents After the Sunset, directed by Brett Ratner (Rush Hour, Rush Hour 2, Red Dragon). The cast features Pierce Brosnan, Salma Hayek and Woody Harrelson, as well as Don Cheadle (Ocean’s 11) and Naomie Harris (28 Days Later). The screenplay is by Paul Zbyszewski and Craig Rosenberg (Jurassic Park 3), from a story by Zbyszewski. The producers are Beau Flynn (Tigerland, Requiem For A Dream), Tripp Vinson and Jay Stern (Rush Hour), with Patrick Palmer (Blade 2, Hellboy) serving as executive producer. The behind-the-scenes team includes two-time Oscar-nominated cinematographer Dante Spinotti, ASC, AIC (The Insider, LA Confidential, Heat) and editor Mark Helfrich, ACE (Rush Hour 2, Family Man), both of whom worked with director Brett Ratner on Red Dragon. Other key crew includes production designer Geoffrey Kirkland (Mississippi Burning, Angela’s Ashes) and costume designer Rita Ryack (A Beautiful Mind, Cat in the Hat). New Line Cinema will release After the Sunset (rated PG-13 by the MPAA for "sexuality, violence and language") nationwide on November 12th, 2004. [More]

Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Salma Hayek, Woody Harrelson, Don Cheadle

Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Salma Hayek, Woody Harrelson, Don Cheadle, Naomie Harris

Director: Brett Ratner

Director: Brett Ratner
Screenwriter: Paul Zbyszewski, Craig Rosenberg
Producer: Beau Flynn, Jay Stern, Tripp Vinson
Composer: Lalo Schifrin
Studio: New Line Cinema

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  • Pierce Brosnan plays a master thief who, after an incredibly successful heist, moves to the Bahamas with his beautiful partner in crime. But the cat and mouse games begins again when an FBI agent, his old nemesis, returns convinced he is going for the biggest score of all, the famous Napoleon diamond.
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    A tired bore with a lot of French kissing.

    Full Review Source: FilmsInReview.com | comment Comment
    11/10/04
    Victoria Alexander
    Victoria Alexander
    FilmsInReview.com

    Like many a real sunset, it'll dazzle and entertain, yet soon be forgotten.

    Full Review Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel | comment Comment
    11/11/04
    Tracy Allerton
    Tracy Allerton
    South Florida Sun-Sentinel

    Beautiful to look at (particularly any scene containing Salma Hayek) and has a zippy energy, but there's nothing going on underneath its attractive surface.

    Full Review Source: NYC Film Critic | comment Comment
    03/05/05
    Ethan Alter
    Ethan Alter
    NYC Film Critic

    After the Sunset's carat-and-shtick approach is much more decadent than it is delightful.

    Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
    11/11/04
    John Anderson
    John Anderson
    Newsday
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    Finally, he has made a film that rises above mediocrity, though we can probably credit its mild, inoffensive pleasures more to chance than to Ratner's skill.

    Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
    11/16/04
    Jeffrey M. Anderson
    Jeffrey M. Anderson
    Combustible Celluloid

    An uneasy mixture that provides none of the pleasures of the genre.

    Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
    11/11/04
    William Arnold
    William Arnold
    Seattle Post-Intelligencer

    A series of silly snafus turn this potential smart-sell into a banal trifle.

    Full Review Source: Palo Alto Weekly | comment Comment
    11/10/04
    Jeanne Aufmuth
    Jeanne Aufmuth
    Palo Alto Weekly

    Contrived, unconvincing, and formulaic, Brett Ratner's film has nothing in common with the superior Pierce Brosnan caper flick "The Thomas Crown Affair"**

    Full Review Source: Sympatico.ca | comment Comment
    11/15/04
    Angela Baldassarre
    Angela Baldassarre
    Sympatico.ca

    A film of small moments and big laughs.

    Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
    11/09/04
    James Berardinelli
    James Berardinelli
    ReelViews
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    After the Sunset is about as flat-footed a heist caper as I've ever seen: clumsy where it should be graceful, lumpy where it should be sleek.

    Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
    11/12/04
    Amy Biancolli
    Amy Biancolli
    Houston Chronicle
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    A heist flick in which the audience is left out of the best part -- the logistics of the heist. Whose dumb idea was that?

    Full Review Source: SPLICEDWire | comment Comment
    11/10/04
    Rob Blackwelder
    Rob Blackwelder
    SPLICEDWire

    Well, maybe they're just fine actors, but Brosnan and Hayek have a perfectly rowdy way of making comedy romantic.

    Full Review Source: Cinema Signals | comment Comment
    11/14/04
    Jules Brenner
    Jules Brenner
    Cinema Signals

    Beyond the eye candy represented by the stars and their sun-soaked surroundings, there's little else that's memorable about this disposable tissue of a movie.

    Full Review Source: Creative Loafing | comment Comment
    11/19/04
    Matt Brunson
    Matt Brunson
    Creative Loafing

    A ho-hum heist flick.

    Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
    11/16/04
    Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
    Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
    Spirituality and Practice

    Slack, ambitionless Elmore Leonard-lite. Brett Ratner has matured into one of the dullest young filmmakers working today.

    Full Review Source: Philadelphia Weekly | comment Comment
    11/16/04
    Sean Burns
    Sean Burns
    Philadelphia Weekly

    After the Sunset is content to take in the sights and ogle the ladies.

    Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
    11/12/04
    Ty Burr
    Ty Burr
    Boston Globe
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    Spends so much time down Selma Hayek's shirt fronts that we come away suffocated.

    Full Review Source: Movie Boeuf | comment Comment
    11/22/04
    David N. Butterworth
    David N. Butterworth
    Movie Boeuf

    The plotting of this otherwise workmanlike comedy-adventure is as fundamentally ridiculous as it is predictable and lacking in tension.

    Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews | comment Comment
    11/11/04
    Peter Canavese
    Peter Canavese
    Groucho Reviews

    After the Sunset tries to be two different films.

    Full Review Source: 7M Pictures | comment Comment
    11/18/04
    Kevin Carr
    Kevin Carr
    7M Pictures

    After the Sunset fizzles so quickly that it's hard to care about the answers to any of the cliched mysteries it attempts to solve.

    Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
    11/11/04
    Jen Chaney
    Jen Chaney
    Washington Post
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