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After the Sunset

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by Lybarger

"That's when most of us sleep"

Director Brett Ratner must be uniquely qualified. Somehow he can take decent actors and a great setting (in this case the Bahamas) and presents them as tediously as possible.

From watching After the Sunset, viewers learn that jewel thieves in the Bahamas have lives that are almost as exciting as the McDonald's fry cooks in Cleveland.

Thanks to a disjointed script by Paul Zbyszewski and Craig Rosenberg, it gets difficult to care if ace jewel thieves Max Burdett (Pierce Brosnan) and Lola Cirillo (Salma Hayek) get to enjoy the rewards of their last heist.

Just in case we might forget Brosnan's long stint as James Bond, Ratner shows the actor using high tech gizmos to swipe the gems and embarrass Stanley P. Lloyd (Woody Harrelson), the FBI agent on his tail. These toys aren't as cool as the ones he pretends to operate for the British government, but they are more fun than the people in the movie or the plot.

Unable to nab Max and Lola on their heist, Harrelson tracks them to the Caribbean, where the larcenous lovers hope to retire. But Agent Lloyd isn't content to let them enjoy an ill-gotten pension, so he tries to coax Brosnan into purloining a jewel from a cruis ship.

To help set the trap, Harrelson recruits a pretty local cop (British actress Naomie Harris). Meanwhile, an expatriate crime lord (Don Cheadle) covets the stone and wants Max to retrieve it.

Ratner gets two things right: First, he lovingly shoots the locale, making a viewer wonder if After the Sunset were made as an afterthought during a studio-paid Caribbean vacation. The action scenes are tepid and unimaginative, as if the characters and plot were blocking the scenery.

Rather's other triumph is the exquisite handling of Hayek. The director consistently makes sure not to mar her considerable beauty with excessive clothing. Sadly, Hayek and Brosnan have no chemistry, and only Harrelson seems to have much of a character.

For the most part, After the Sunset takes viewers to an exotic world that's less interesting than a row of windowless cubicles.

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originally posted: 01/01/05 12:48:24

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6/06/08 PAUL SHORTT LIKE MANY A REAL SUNSET, IT'LL DAZZLE AND ENTERTAIN, YET SOON BE FORGOTTEN 2 stars

11/22/07 Matt Reasonable fare that earns an extra * by Hayek's boobs threatening to pop out of her dress. 3 stars

2/03/06 Anthony Feor See what happens when you lose the part as James Bond 3 stars

10/20/05 Agent Sands Heist on luxury liner is G-R-E-A-T. Other than that, this movie's shit. 3 stars

7/18/05 kindra Not good, they think women are sex objects, going around with skimpy clothes on, come on 1 stars

4/15/05 shatonjia Ok movie that deserves 2 stars (from hubby) "Salam Hayek is BOOTYLICIOUS. 2 stars

2/25/05 zoe hunter was boring 2 stars

2/12/05 Gabriel Jolivet boring and not interesting. a below-average movie. 2 stars

2/07/05 craig varney they even stole my price of admission 2 stars

2/05/05 Melissa outstanding- loved Pierce, loved the scenery 4 stars

2/04/05 Barbara Long I liked it but then again I love Pierce Brosnan 4 stars

2/04/05 Debbi Kalstein okay for a buddy movie 3 stars

1/16/05 Jitjit Skephzucks Salma Hayek's have her cake and eat it too attitude gets old. 3 stars

12/27/04 Steve Not a high quality film, but kept my interest somehow. 3 stars

11/18/04 william Bad? What, are they like SERIOUS? DId these people even see this movie? 5 stars!!! 5 stars

11/17/04 Taylor Fladgate good lord! horrible 1 stars

11/16/04 Prometheus Entertaining at times in a stupid way. 3 stars

11/16/04 lycan lame 1 stars

11/15/04 noggin_cmu Hayek is hot.....but even she can't make up for terrible writing 2 stars

11/12/04 Don We walked out after 30 minutes - Brutal to watch 2 stars

11/06/04 Ray Pasable 4 stars

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USA 12-Nov-2004 (PG-13) DVD: 29-Mar-2005 UK N/A Australia 13-Jan-2005

Directed by Brett Ratner Written by Paul Zbyszewski Craig Rosenberg Cast Pierce Brosnan Woody Harrelson Salma Hayek Naomi Harris Don Cheadle Obba Babatunde

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