i be amaze at how this movie ( and most others have a average 5 star and low when there be crappy movie average 7 to 10 star on imdb . the fanboy mentality strike again . when this movie come out just about everyone slam it . even my ex girlfriend say this movie questionable . year later i sit down to watch this movie and i find myself enjoy . even laugh quite a bit . this and the replacement killer be the movie that have people label the director antoine fuqua a the black michael bay . i do not see how since most of fuqua movie be smart than anything michael bay have come up with . at any rate . story represent alvin sander ( jamie foxx ) be former convict that be use by a no nonsense treasury agent edgar ( david morse ) a a pawn to catch a killer name bristol ( doug hutchinson ) . alvin every move be track by a bug implant in his jaw after an accident . while these agent be after bristol and bristol be after the gold brick that be take in a heist go awry . jamie foxx be funny as well as great a alvin sander . alvin be a fast talker that be a lot smart than he let on . doug hutchinson be okay a bristol . he can be over the top sometimes in his john malkovitchesque demeanor . he be well here than he be a looney bin jim in punisher represent war zone . david morse be good a the hard edge treasury agent . even mike epps be funny a alvin brother stevie . both him and jamie have some funny moment on screen . the only flaw of the movie be the some of the attempt at a thriller fall flat . the scenario at the horse race track be way over the top but i couldn not look away . the director go all out there so he get point for that . plus the bomb scene with the treasury agent tie to a chair while the detonator rest on the door be pretty nifty . all in all bait be not a bad movie by a long shot . it never boring and it always funny and i wasn not check my watch every minute . that should count for something . bait be one of the most underrated movie of 2000 period . ps represent to the reviewer that claim this movie be too violent . how long have you be live under a rock . i be pretty sure you have see the die hard series and every movie by quentin tarantino . but those movie aren not violent right . weirdo .