The staff of a swank apartment tower decide to take action against the millionaire resident of the penthouse when he appears to have swindled them out of their pension funds.
Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy swap rapid fire wise cracks in the far fetched plot driving 'Tower Heist'. I found Murphy in particular difficult to understand at times as he set new records for the most number of words spoken in the shortest possible time but what I did understand was often quite funny. It's been a long time since I saw a film where the audience's laughter drowned out patches of dialogue but that is what happened at times in this movie.
The basic premise of the swindle is contemporary realism and I thought hey ho, this is going to be interesting. The actions of the staff though become increasingly improbable reducing the movie to farce. Nevertheless in it's own way 'Tower Heist' is a fun ride.
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