This sunset concept opens the door to the bigger question that the movie seems to ask and answer. What treasures have value? Fundamentally, God created all the personality types, differences in people that sometimes cause disagreements but that in the end make this world run smoothly.

(2004) Film Review

This page was created on December 1, 2004
This page was last updated on May 16, 2005

—Overview
—Review by Melinda Ledman
—Trailers, Photos
—About this Film pdf file
—Spiritual Connections

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CREDITS

Directed by Brett Ratner
Story by Paul Zbyszewski
Screeplay by Paul Zbyszewski and Craig Rosenberg

Cast (in credits order)
Pierce Brosnan .... Max Burdett
Salma Hayek .... Lola Cirillo
Woody Harrelson .... Agent Stanley P. Lloyd
Don Cheadle .... Henry Mooré
Naomie Harris .... Sophie
Chris Penn .... Fence

Produced by
Kent Alterman .... executive producer
Beau Flynn .... producer
James M. Freitag .... associate producer
Keith Goldberg .... executive producer
Patrick J. Palmer .... executive producer
Chris Pollack .... associate producer
Jay Stern .... producer
Tripp Vinson .... executive producer

Original Music by Lalo Schifrin
Cinematography by Dante Spinotti and Peter Zuccarini (underwater)
Film Editing by Mark Helfrich

MPAA: Rated PG-13 for sexuality, violence and language.
Runtime: 97 min
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TRAILERS AND CLIPS

—Trailers, Photos

After the Sunset
Various Artists - Soundtrack - 2004
1. I Got It - Kevin Lyttle
2. Drive My Crazy - Kevin Lyttle (Featuring Mr. Easy)
3. Tempted to Touch
4. You Never Know
5. Punkie
6. Night and Day - Dawn Penn
7. Boombastic
8. Who Say Me Done - Cutty Ranks
9. Cobra Style
10. Police and Theives - Junior Murvin
11. Agora So Falta Voce - Maria Rita
12. Weh Di Time
13. Gal You a Lead

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SYNOPSIS

The high-stakes action comedy After The Sunset begins where most great heist movies end -- with a pair of master thieves escaping to a tropical paradise to enjoy the spoils of their labor. But when an FBI agent, who has pursued them for seven years, becomes convinced that they are actually plotting to pull off a million-dollar theft from a nearby “diamond cruise,” a riveting game of cat and mouse begins.

Max “The King of Alibis” Burdett (Pierce Brosnan) and his beautiful accomplice Lola (Salma Hayek) have come to Paradise Island in the Bahamas, fresh off their final big score in which they lifted the second of the three famous Napoleon diamonds. With their financial future set, the couple is ready to relax and enjoy their hard-earned riches.

But Stan (Woody Harrelson), the FBI agent who has spent years in dogged but failed pursuit of Max, refuses to believe that his nemesis is actually calling it quits. He thinks that Max and Lola are actually plotting to steal the third Napoleon diamond -- one of the three largest non-flawed diamonds in the world -- which is coincidentally scheduled to arrive on Paradise Island as part of a touring cruise ship exhibition. Since he has no jurisdiction in the Caribbean country, Stan teams with a local cop (Naomie Harris) and sets out to catch the sly Max and Lola in the act, while at the same time a local gangster (Don Cheadle) has his own plans for the diamond.

When the longtime adversaries meet up in paradise, Max quickly turns the tables and befriends the frustrated detective, showing him that Paradise Island has no shortage of pleasures to offer. But in order for Stan to figure out exactly what Max and Lola are up to, he will have to navigate all the twists and double-crosses of an action-packed story of friendship, suspicion and thievery.

Review by MELINDA LEDMAN
HJMLedman@yahoo.com.
Melinda Ledman is a graduate of Baylor University with a Bachelor’s degree in English. During college, she worked on the film Letter From Waco (director Don Howard), which won the award for best documentary feature in the 1997 South by Southwest Film Festival. After she and her husband Rob had their first child in September 2002, she began free-lance writing full time. In addition to writing reviews, she most enjoys writing original screenplays. She gratefully serves God after 12 years of alcoholism, and appreciates grace and freedom on a whole new level.

After the Sunset was an all-around-fun heist flick with the usual degree of unlikely events. The crinkled brow and “that can’t really happen” frown were offset by the surprisingly well-developed theme -a rare jewel for a heist, con, or action flick. I also had my share of legitimate chuckles throughout the movie. Admittedly, I went into the theater expecting the sequel to the Thomas Crown Affair. Although it came close, this film went beyond the lively banter and tricky technical illusions (which the audience is supposed to swallow in the absence of actual knowledge), and actually dug into a topic which anyone can relate to: the stressful life of a driven “Type A” personality.
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