It’s probably not a mistake to feel somewhat robbed after “Tower Heist.”
Brett Ratner’s movie is too rigid and bland to be a good comedy and too goofy and tame to be truly thrilling.
We learn a lot of mundane details about the inner workings of a New York building that is essentially Trump Tower, including security policies, elevator codes and its many tenants.
Why we have to know so much about a building of all things is frustrating when “Tower Heist” refuses to develop its characters or even begin to get comically creative. Continue reading “Tower Heist”