| Foolproof | 
| Director: William Phillips
Actors: Ryan Reynolds, Kristin Booth, Joris Jarsky, Sean Sullivan, Tara Slone
Studio: Lions Gate
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (20 reviews)
Sales Rank: 28072
Format: Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 94 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 1594351546
UPC: 031398116745
EAN: 9781594351549
ASIN: B000127ZC8
Release Date: February 24, 2004
Theatrical Release Date: 2003
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 A movie to watch often. March 26, 2008
Sometimes you find a movie that is so thoroughly enjoyable that you find yourself playing it over and over. This movie seems to find its way back into my dvd player whenever there is nothing on tv or when I need some enjoyment to pick up my spirits. It's another nice little Canadian movie that works on every level. It was extraordinarily well written, cast and directed. The acting was flawless and the music was well matched to the action and to the seamless and fast pacing of the movie. It is a refreshingly new take on a crime caper theme. At every viewing, I find this movie to be fresh, clever, fun, funny and inventive. It will not change anyone's life but it was never meant to. It is simply a great little movie that will make you smile a lot. I recommend this movie to anyone who wants to have a good time.
 Foolproof September 23, 2007
Foolproof
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Great movie September 2, 2007
If you like action,intelligent,and humor in a movie you will like this one. It also is unpredictable and your not sure how it will end. I hate when people tell about the whole movie and I wont.But this movie is worth seeing.
Fakeout August 10, 2007
You know how once in awhile you hadn't heard of a movie and you rent it and low and behold it pleasantly surprises you? This is one of those movies. To me it was a sleeper I was not familiar with at all. As one reviewer mentioned it has some of the high tech gadgetry and pizzaz of "The Italian Job" remake. All-in-all fun really. Good cast, nice sets and effects, and fair music. I think the teaming of Ryan Reynolds, Kristin Booth, and Joris Jarsky is good. I would have liked to seen either Kevin J. O'Connor or Curtis Armstrong play the same part Jarsky did. I think a little more comedy would have made the movie even better.
A group of three friends play a game of pretend heisting valuable items from real places. When they are tailed and their plans stolen and used, things get dicey. The police investigate them and they have to be on their toes. Meanwhile the criminal mastermind that stole their plans wants them to do another job. I highly recommend the movie. I enjoyed it so much I ordered a used DVD here for around seven with shipping. You can get it new for around ten to fifteen dollars.
Committing Crime For Dummies April 11, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
You can tell what kind of role Ryan Reynold's is playing by getting a look at his facial hair. Stubble? Beard? Goatee? Why, then he's probably a ruff-n-buff take-no-guff rumbler, perhaps a cop or mercenary do-gooder. Clean shaven with a smarmy grin? Why, then he's probably a fast-talkin' slick-n-sassy womanizer who is struggling with personal demons in spite of his uber-confident exterior.
"Foolproof" is unique, not just because it was the most expensive and most widely released Canadian film for its time, but also because it showcases Reynolds as an enjoyable mix of both of his time-tested cinema personas. He isn't wholly one or the other. In this case, he is Kevin, an insurance claims investigator who, along with his friends Sam (Kristin Booth) and Rob (Joris Jarsky), spend their spare time figuring out "foolproof" plans for daring robberies and bold heists.
They don't ever actually plan to DO any of said robberies/heists; these are just brain exercises, you see, ways to expand the mind and flex one's mental muscles. (And here my idea of stretching the brain is doing crossword puzzles on the john.) Unfortunately, the paperwork on their latest project -- a flawless and meticulously crafted diamond caper -- is stolen and used, with all clues pointing back to them. The culprit, a mobster named Leo, recognizes their skill and coerces them into planning and pulling off one last "foolproof" stunt for him.
It's a caper movie on several levels, since Leo is not only taking advantage of but is also manipulating Kevin and his crew, splintering long-honored trusts, watering doubt where it was sown long ago. Kevin, Sam, and Rob do a good job of getting us to believe they have the brainpower to come up with plans where every base is covered, but Leo introduces a human element that makes "foolproof" seem like a contradiction in terms. People aren't as easy to figure out as locks and security alarm systems.
Reynolds pulls off the balance between his frat boy mugging and tough guy frustration quite well, and he's working alongside some other players that, while maybe not mainstream faces, are just as up for the task. The script and the story don't need much help though; this is a story that sort of tells itself, although the twists at the end -- while plausible and delightful -- might come across as a little ludicrous. Still, when you've got three twenty-somethings with desk jobs whose idea of a fun day off is planning high-profile crimes in elaborate detail, well, words like "ludicrous" don't really play into the equation. It's a fun little film, snarky and slick, fast-paced without snags, and equal measures of smart and silly. It may not be as perfectly executed as Kevin and Co.'s criminal plans, but it is just as rewarding.
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