The Lookout

Buy This Item The Lookout by Miramax  Available from Amazon  $19.99  on 11-16-2008     Acclaimed screenwriter Scott Frank (MINORITY REPORT) makes a mind-blowing directorial debut in THE LOOKOUT a gritty high-tension crime thriller starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt (TV's THIRD ROCK FROM THE SUN BRICK) Jeff Daniels (THE SQUID AND THE WHALE) and Isla Fisher (WEDDING CRASHERS). Chris "Slapshot" Pratt (Gordon-Levitt) whose once-bright future has been dimmed by a head injury is a night janitor at a bank. Lonely and frustrated Chris falls prey to a con man's seductive promise of romance and a better life and agrees to help rob the bank where he works. Filled with heart-pounding action edge-of-your-seat suspense and a twist you'll never see coming THE LOOKOUT will grip you and never let goIt's "a masterpiece" (Richard Roeper EBERT & ROPER).System Requirements:Running Time: 99 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLERS Rating: R UPC: 786936733235 Manufacturer No: 5421703 Reader Reviews Richard Roeper put this movie high in his top 10 for 2007, so I decided to watch a rental DVD, and it was terrific. So now I own a copy. The story concerns a 23 year old who, back in high school, was a great hockey player. But a terrible car accident at age 19 has left him with memory and sequencing problems. He attends classes for life skills and lives with a blind man (Jeff Daniels), who he became paired with through the rehabilitation facility. He works as a janitor at a KC bank nights. A group of small time crooks who know of his past and his accident decide to try to befriend him, with Isla Fisher as the bait, into becoming an accomplice to robbing the bank where he works, using him as the lookout. There are many twists and turns. The movie is never predictable, and the emphasis is on character, not action. But when there is action it is full of surprises. This is a film for a mature audience looking for intelligent, yet exciting entertainment. I highly recommend it.

The Lookout Available from Amazon Price: $19.99 Updated on 11-16-2008.

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