Jason Deal

The Advocate

Larrge budget, big stars, lots of laughs but not as much action. After the Sunset is a fun and interesting ride.

Brett Ratner is known for directing such blockbuster his as “Rush Hour” (1998) and “Rush Hour 2” (001), The Family Man (2000), Red Dragon (2002) and Paid in Full (2002).

“After the Sunset” starts where other jewel heist movies end. The two thieves, Max “The King of Alibis” Burdett (Pierce Brosnan) and his accomplice Lola (Salma Hayek) cleverly and humorously snatches the second of three Napoleon diamonds from the FBI and make a clean break for the Paradise Islands in the Bahamas to retire in peace.

Once there, Max learns about an exhibit on a luxury liner in the area that’s centered around the third Napoleon diamond. Not able to resist temptation, Max begins to design a scheme to snatch the last diamond. He just has two problems: One, Lola is all done with the lifestyle and doesn’t want Max involved anymore. And two, Stan (Woody Harrelson), an FBI agent, who has been in pursuit of Max for two years now and has tracked him all the way to paradise just waiting for him to slip up.

Max’s attempts to hide his plans for the third diamond from Stan and Lola is the bulk of the movie, seasoned with laugh-out loud humor and plot twists.

Honestly, I went into the theater with low expectations for the movie, but came out impressed. In spite of it being another jewel heist plot, they did give the genre a cool twist. The comedy elements kept you in the movie as you anxiously waited for the next imbarrassing moment to happen to the characters.