History Film / Entrapment

Zeta-Jones stars as Virginia "Gin" Baker, an investigator working for an insurance company. She's hot on the trail of renowned international art thief Robert "Mac" Macdougal (Connery), and attempts to trick him into thinking she is herself a thief, and that she wants to team up with him. Together, they embark on the biggest heist ever: stealing $8 billion from the International Clearance Bank, which happens to be housed in the then-tallest buildings in the world, the Petronas Twin Towers.

** He's kind of right; "In criminal law, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrapment entrapment]] is a practice whereby a law enforcement agent induces a person to commit a criminal offence that the person would have otherwise been unlikely to commit." Mac was ''retired'' when the movie began, all the evidence years cold. The only way the police could arrest him was if they caught him in the act of committing another crime - so they sent Gin to sucker him into it. [[spoiler:However, it's [[GambitPileup twisted in knots]] by the end; Gin actually is a thief, and Mac actually ''is'' entrapping her, as he's working with the FBI the whole time]].

* DatingCatwoman: Gender flipped: Mac is the Catwoman-equivalent, [[spoiler:though Gin really is on his side, though at the outset the cops thought she was one of them - or so the cops let her believe]]...

* FemmeFatale: "Has there ever been a man you couldn't seduce?" "No."

* GambitPileup: Whew! The final scene, in which everyone's conflicting agendas come out; [[spoiler:Initially, Gin appeared to be an FBI agent investigating Mac, who Mac blackmailed into helping him. Then she revealed she's ''[[DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent really]]'' a thief, trying to get Mac's help with a the biggest heist in history: '''eight billion dollars.''' Except it turns out that the FBI [[IKnowYouKnowIKnow knew the whole time]], but couldn't convict her of a crime she hadn't committed yet - but Mac made a deal with the FBI; immunity for his past crimes in exchange for capturing her. However, he turns on the FBI at the last second, and TheAdventureContinues as Gin is already planning a diamond heist]]...

* LiteralCliffhanger: Mac and Gin dangle from the Petronas Twin Towers' skybridge.

* MasqueradeBall: Mac and Gin attendo one where the Chinese Mask they want to steal is being exhibited.

* NationalStereotypes: The reason it was banned in Malaysia. The film shows Gin and Mac's base of operations in some sort of rural [[BambooTechnology slum]] that somehow has a [[HollywoodGeography brilliant view of the twin towers.]] To be that close, their ramshackle yurt must have been built atop one of the many affluent skyscrapers and five star hotels.
* NewYearHasCome: The money from the heist finishes transfering just as the new year comes around, Mac and Gin even kiss eachother in the moment as celebration.

* SpyCatsuit: Gin wears one when braking into buildings, including the famous LaserHallway sequence.
* StealthHiBye: Used often by Mac (and later Gin). Played with at least once when Mac disapears for several seconds before appearing somewhere else, panting because he ran the whole way.
* TimeForPlanB: When Gin and Mac must escape from the Petronas Twin Towers after making the heist. Mac's Plan B is a mini parachute when they have to jump down a vertical shaft to evade the police. Mac stayed behind when they only have one parachute after one of them dropped. It turns out that Mac works for the FBI in pursuit of Gin, which he confess to her at the train station. Mac has a Plan C giving an envelope with money and passport to Gin allowing her to escape the country.
* ToplessnessFromTheBack: Gin when she sits up naked in bed when Mac startles her. Also happens later in Kuala Lumpur when she sleeps naked because of the heat.

* UndercoverCopReveal: [[spoiler: Mac and Aaron are reaveled to be FBI agents trying to catch Gin.]]

* WaterTorture: When they finish the mask heist Mac turns on Gin and continuosly pushes her head down the water until she comes clean with him.

neutralisation device"... which turns out to be a chewed bubble gum.

* SexyBacklessOutfit: Gin's evening gown, and also when she is seen from behind as she sits naked in her bed.

Zeta-Jones stars as Gin, an investigator working for an insurance company. She's hot on the trail of renowned international art thief Mac (Connery), and attempts to trick him into thinking she is herself a thief, and that she wants to team up with him. Together, they embark on the biggest heist ever: stealing $8 billion from the International Clearance Bank, which happens to be housed in the then-tallest buildings in the world, the Petronas Twin Towers.

* BlackBestFriend: Mac's sidekick is played by Ving Rhames.

-->'''Gin''': ''This is entrapment!''\\

* {{Fanservice}}: See above, and also Mac finding Gin naked in her hotel room, and Gin initially making no effort to cover up.

* NationalStereotypes: The reason it was banned in Malaysia. The film shows Gin and Mac's base of operations in some sort of rural [[BambooTechnology slum]] that somehow has a [[HollywoodGeography brilliant view of the twin towers.]] To be that close, their ramshackle yurt must have been built atop one of the many affluent skyscrapers and five star hotels.

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-->'''Gin''': ''This is entrapment!''
-->'''Mac''': ''No, this is blackmail. Entrapment is what '''cops''' do to '''thieves'''.''

* DatingCatwoman: Gender flipped: Mac is the Catwoman-equivalent, [[spoiler: though Gin really is on his side.]]

* GambitPileup: The final scene, in which everyone's conflicting agendas come out.

* TheInfiltration: Gin pretends to be a thief in order to catch Mac. [[spoiler: though in reality Gin actually is a thief and Mac is working with the FBI to catch her.]]

* SequelHook: Gin tells Mac she needs him "for another job". More than ten years on though, no sequel in sight. And Sean Connery has retired.

* EiffelTowerEffect: With the Petronas Twin Towers in Malaysia, of course.

* VehicleVanish: Done with trains in the closing scene of the movie.

''Entrapment'' is a 1999 action-thriller starring Creator/SeanConnery and Creator/CatherineZetaJones and directed by Jon Amiel. Zeta-Jones stars as Gin, an investigator working for an insurance company. She's hot on the trail of renowned international art thief Mac (Connery), and attempts to trick him into thinking she is herself a thief, and that she wants to team up with him. Together, they embark on the biggest heist ever: stealing $8 billion from the International Clearance Bank, which happens to be housed in the then-tallest buildings in the world, the Petronas Twin Towers.

It is generally most famous for the LaserHallway sequence which Catherine Zeta-Jones navigates in an exemplar of SheFu.

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'''Entrapment''' is a 1999 action-thriller starring Creator/SeanConnery and Creator/CatherineZetaJones and directed by Jon Amiel. Zeta-Jones stars as Gin, an investigator working for an insurance company. She's hot on the trail of renowned international art thief Mac (Connery), and attempts to trick him into thinking she is herself a thief, and that she wants to team up with him. Together, they embark on the biggest heist ever: stealing $8 billion from the International Clearance Bank, which happens to be housed in the then-tallest buildings in the world, the Petronas Twin Towers.

%%* ActionGirl: Gin.

%%* TheCaper
%%* ChekhovsExhibit: the Chinese mask
%%* ClassyCatBurglar: Gin.

%%* GentlemanThief: Mac embodies this.
%%* LaserHallway

%%* ModelPlanning

%%* SpyCatsuit

* TheInfiltration: Gin pretends to be a thief in order to catch Mac. [[spoiler: though in reality Gin actually is a thief and Mac is working with the FBI to catch her.]]

%%* VehicleVanish

* MayDecemberRomance: Sean Connery is 39 years older than Catherine Zeta-Jones ([[MichaelDouglas who's into the same thing in real life]]).

* CameraSpoofing: Mac and Gin pause the security camera footage so they can travel in an elevator unnoticed.
** It doesn't work for long. The building's security are a little stumped for why an elevator would be moving when the camera shows nobody inside. Then Gin's boss points out that the timestamp on the camera is static.

* JustForFun/TropesExaminedByTheMythBusters: In their Hollywood heist movie episode, the Series/MythBusters proved that much of the security system-evading techniques shown in the film wouldn't work in real life at all.

* {{UsefulNotes/Malaysia}}: The one half of the Petronas Twin Towers is in the poster, and part of the film was shot there.

* UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}}: Mac's headquarters is a castle on a Scottish isle.

* ActionGirl: Gin.

* TheCaper
* ChekhovsExhibit: the Chinese mask
* ClassyCatBurglar: Gin.

* FriendlyLocalChinatown

* GentlemanThief: Mac embodies this.
* LaserHallway

* ModelPlanning

* SpyCatsuit

* VehicleVanish

* [[BannedInChina Banned in Malaysia]]: Despite having been filmed there, the film was banned for portraying the country as backward and its police force as incompetent. At least, it was banned at one time, it was eventually allowed on Pay TV.

* JustForFun/TropesExaminedByTheMythBusters: In their Hollywood heist movie episode, the Series/MythBbusters proved that much of the security system-evading techniques shown in the film wouldn't work in real life at all.

* TropesExaminedByTheMythBusters: In their Hollywood heist movie episode, the Mythbusters proved that much of the security system-evading techniques shown in the film wouldn't work in real life at all.

* MayDecemberRomance: Sean Connery is 39 years older than Catherine Zeta-Jones ([[MichaelDouglas who's into the same thing in real life).

* MayDecemberRomance: Sean Connery is 39 years older than Catherine Zeta-Jones.

* SequelHook: Gin tells Mac she needs him "for another job". Ten years on though, no sequel in sight. And Sean Connery has retired.

'''Entrapment''' is a 1999 action-thriller starring SeanConnery and CatherineZetaJones and directed by Jon Amiel. Zeta-Jones stars as Gin, an investigator working for an insurace company. She's hot on the trail of renowned international art thief Mac (Connery), and attempts to trick him into thinking she is herself a thief, and that she wants to team up with him. Together, they embark on the biggest heist ever: stealing $8 billion from the International Clearance Bank, which happens to be housed in the then-tallest buildings in the world, the Petronas Twin Towers.

* BonnieScotland: Mac's headquarters is a castle on a Scottish isle.

* EveryoneRemembersTheStripper[=/=]MaleGaze: The film is probably most famous for the shot of Catherine Zeta-Jones squirming her ass to the floor to squeeze under a laser tripwire.