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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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    After The Sunset is a movie more memorable for Salma Hayek in those bikinis than for the story. Brosnan looks alright, too (if you're into that sort of thing).

    Full Review Source: WaffleMovies.com | comment Comment
    11/11/04
    Willie Waffle
    Willie Waffle
    WaffleMovies.com

    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

    Don’t be fooled; this isn’t the heist film you’re looking for.

    Full Review Source: MovieCrypt.com | comment Comment
    11/10/04
    Kevin A. Ranson
    Kevin A. Ranson
    MovieCrypt.com

    From the predictable double-crosses to the dopey locker-room humor, there's nothing here that couldn't have found its way into a heist flick in 1989. Or 1979. Or 1969.

    Full Review Source: Orlando Weekly | comment Comment
    11/10/04
    Steve Schneider
    Steve Schneider
    Orlando Weekly

    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

    The result is a knowingly preposterous toy thriller -- a sheer escape from consequence.

    Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
    11/10/04
    Owen Gleiberman
    Owen Gleiberman
    Entertainment Weekly
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    The only thing worth watching is Salma.

    Full Review Source: Outtakes With Fiore | comment Comment
    11/10/04
    Fiore Mastracci
    Fiore Mastracci
    Outtakes With Fiore

    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

    As far as these kinds of films go, this is one of these kinds of films -- only worse. One of the most unoriginal movies ever made. The Thomas Crown Affair for Dummies.

    Full Review Source: Juicy Cerebellum | comment Comment
    11/10/04
    Alex Sandell
    Alex Sandell
    Juicy Cerebellum

    [I]f Brosnan is still turning heads, Harrelson is still turning stomachs...

    Full Review Source: Flick Filosopher | comment Comment
    11/09/04
    MaryAnn Johanson
    MaryAnn Johanson
    Flick Filosopher

    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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    For people satisfied by a world of sound bites – it’s made entirely of scenes that might have looked good as storyboards, but are a tiresome mess when put together onscreen.

    Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
    11/09/04
    Brian Webster
    Brian Webster
    Apollo Guide

    To pass the time between the product placements, director Brett Ratner tries to squeeze chuckles out of gay-panic set pieces, the quaint antics of colorful natives, and Woody Harrelson's surreal miscasting as the FBI agent.

    Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
    11/09/04
    Jorge Morales
    Jorge Morales
    Village Voice

    While After the Sunset is never exactly dull and is smartly cut to a brief running time, it never quickens the pulse.

    Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
    11/08/04
    Todd McCarthy
    Todd McCarthy
    Variety
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    The movie comes off more like a watered-down film version of an Elmore Leonard crime novel set in tropical climes, only without his gritty edge or sagacious take on the human condition.

    Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
    11/08/04
    Kirk Honeycutt
    Kirk Honeycutt
    Hollywood Reporter
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    The characters are paper mâche, the story so predictable one wonders how anybody could foist it on an audience.

    Full Review Source: tonymedley.com | comment Comment
    11/07/04
    Tony Medley
    Tony Medley
    tonymedley.com

    After the Sunset is either a comedy that needed more jokes, or a heist movie that needed more tension.

    Full Review Source: Three Movie Buffs | comment Comment
    11/07/04
    Scott Nash
    Scott Nash
    Three Movie Buffs

    After the Sunset has the audacity to con audiences with a script seen a million times before.

    Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
    11/06/04
    Ed Gonzalez
    Ed Gonzalez
    Slant Magazine

    A long slog through a pretty sea of thankless twaddle.

    Full Review Source: DustinPutman.com | comment Comment
    11/06/04
    Dustin Putman
    Dustin Putman
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