Held Up Movie Review 2000

Engaged couple Foxx and Long are having a hard time staying together when after they have a fight and Foxx becomes a hostage during a botched convenience store robbery in a sleepy southwestern town. Broad comedy works in all the black-guy-meets-white-yokels gags, but they've all been done before by funnier writers. Foxx has some appeal, but not enough to overcome this mess. It could've been worse: Rob Schneider bailed after four days of filming.

Distribution

Not Yet Released

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 88 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Disorganized Crime, Otherwise Engaged, Hostage!

Screenplay

Jeff Eastin

Cast

Jamie Foxx, Nia Long, Jake Busey, John Cullum, Barry Corbin, Eduardo Yanez, Mike Wiles, Sarah Paulson, Julie Hagerty

Cinematography

David Makin

Director

Steve Rash

Music

Robert Folk

Producer

Trimark Pictures