Rating: PG13
Genre:
Comedy
Theatrical Release: 05/12/2000(USA)
Release Date: 07/15/2008
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1/DD2
Run Time: 88 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: Lionsgate
In this fish-out-of-water
comedy,
Jamie Foxx plays a man named
Michael Dawson, though he's confused for both
Puff Daddy and
Mike Tyson by the citizenry of the podunk southwest town that serves as the setting for
Held Up. Road-tripping
Michael and
Rae (
Nia Long) stop in for gas in
Michael's new vintage roadster, but she grabs a ride to the airport with a truck full of cowboys after learning he blew more than 10,000 dollars earmarked for buying a home on the automobile. Moments later,
Michael loses the car as well when a youth cons him out of the keys. Just when his day couldn't get any worse,
Michael lands in the middle of a botched hold-up by amateurs trying to knock over the convenience store. All variety of local law enforcement, from the sheriff (
Barry Corbin) to truckloads of unofficial shotgun-toting "deputies," quickly descends on the scene.
Michael tries to sweet-talk the frightened gunman (
Eduardo Yanez), befriend his fellow hostages (
Sarah Paulson and
John Cullum), and plan how to reach the airport before
Rae's flight leaves, all while not getting shot by the hair triggers inside and outside the store. The film was produced and originally publicized under the title "Inconvenienced."
~ Derek Armstrong, All Movie Guide
;)
