Bait

Bait

Alvin Sanders is going to help the Feds catch a killer. He just doesn't know it yet.

R 2000 · 119 min · ★ 5.7 · Action, Thriller, Crime

Landing in jail for a petty theft crime, Alvin finds himself sharing a cell with John Jaster, the incarcerated half of the pair of high-tech thieves responsible for the missing gold. His partner, Bristol, is still at large. Alvin wants only to get out of prison and start fresh with his girlfriend, Lisa, and when the Feds, led by U.S. Treasury investigator Clenteen, set him loose on a sketchy deal, he thinks his luck has changed. Alvin has his freedom and the Feds have found their bait.

Directed by Antoine Fuqua · Written by Andrew Scheinman

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Jamie Foxx Alvin Sanders
David Morse Edgar Clenteen
Robert Pastorelli Jaster
Doug Hutchison Bristol
Kimberly Elise Lisa Hill
David Paymer Agent Wooly
Mike Epps Stevie Sanders
Jamie Kennedy Agent Blum
Nestor Serrano Agent Boyle
Kirk Acevedo Ramundo
Jeffrey Donovan Julio
Megan Dodds Agent Walsh

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