Held Up (2000)

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Rating: PG-13

Release Date: May 12, 2000

Running Time: 89 mins. (V)

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Jamie Foxx, Jake Busey, Nia Long, Barry Corbin, Eduardo Yanez, Sarah Paulson, John Cullum, Michael Shamus Wiles, Andrew Jackson

director: Steve Rash

Held Up

Smart, successful and sexy, Michael Dawson is a Chicago businessman with a bright future and a beautiful fiancee, Rae. On a romantic vacation to the Grand Canyon, the young lovers tear up the highway in Michael's vintage sports car, purchased on a whim in Arizona. Life is perfect. But there's a catch, Rae doesn't know that the car was purchased with the money they saved to buy a home. And when she discovers Michael's dirty little secret, she dumps him on the spot. Dead-set on returning to Chicago immediately to start her new life, Rae hitches a ride with some good ol' boys to the Las Vegas airport. Alone in the boonies with only the car he loves, Michael is determined to get Rae back - a simple task, or so he thinks.

Mike Dawson's (Jamie Foxx) day goes from bad to worse as he gets dumped by his girl (Nia Long), has his new car stolen and ends up a hostage in a botched convenience store hold-up in this zany crime comedy. As if that's not bad enough, his only hope is the sheriff's department of a redneck town that can't tell Jamie Foxx from Puff Daddy or Mike Tyson.

Acting

Jamie Foxx can't keep his mouth shut, and that's the best thing this film has going for it. Foxx's mile-a-minute delivery offers 90% of the…