Zeta One

Starring:James Robertson Justice, Charles Hawtrey, Robin Hawdon, Anna GaÃ«l, Brigitte Skay, Dawn Addams, Valerie Leon, Lionel Murton, Yutte Stensgaard, Angela Grant, Wendy Lingham, Rita Webb, Carol Hawkins, Steve Kirby, Paul Baker (III), Walter Sparrow, Alan Haywood, Anna Turnard, Yolande Del Mar, Rose Howlett
Director: Michael Cort
Studio: Image Entertainment
Product Type: DVD

Product Description

Screen legend Sean Connery (The Rock) and sexy superstar Catherine Zeta-Jones (The Mask of Zorro) blaze a trail of spectacular action and intrigue. When a priceless Rembrandt is stolen from a New York high-rise, the evidence points to Robert 'Mac' MacDougal (Connery), a solitary master thief, who is about to meet Virginia 'Gin' Baker (Zeta-Jones), the insurance company's most cunning and seductive investigator. Following a nerve-racking game of cat and mouse spanning three continents. Mac and Gin join forces -- or so it seems -- to attempt a daring multibillion-dollar heist tied to the dawn of the new millennium.

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Running Time 113 Min

Format: DVD MOVIE

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Sean Connery plays a master thief thought to be long retired, while Katherine Zeta-Jones is his foil, a hotshot insurance investigator assigned to his case. They both have a little something to hold over each other's heads, until it turns out that Zeta-Jones is a professional art thief herself and is playing on both sides of the fence. At first they eye each other with mutual distrust until they team up for a job, which goes off without a hitch. Inevitably their prickly relationship begins to thaw somewhat, and the two become attracted to each other as they plan out the massive Y2K bank scam that is the movie's climax (complete with sequel-ready ending). Entrapment plays somewhat like a '70s caper movie revamped for the gadget-happy high-tech '90s. The plot takes a few too many labored twists and turns, and the chemistry between the two leads is nearly nonexistent, though both carry on gamely in their parts. On the other hand, there is some genuine suspense in many scenes as they go about their business, dripping with whiz-bang burglary devices. Zeta-Jones, of course, is drop-dead gorgeous, and Connery is as reliable as always in his role. The fairly flat editing and direction tends to drag the film down somewhat, but fans of caper movies, high-tech thrillers, and the two leads should find plenty to like in this film. --Jerry Renshaw

Customer Reviews:

An enticing caper flick.......2007-06-23

This is one of my favorite guilty pleasure movies. Yes, I realize that "Entrapment" isn't an Academy Award-winning caliber film. It isn't Catherine Zeta Jones or Sean Connery's best work, either, and the "sexual tension" that exists between their characters is a bit farfetched, to say the least...but I still love this movie! Despite the 600-year age difference between them, Connery and Zeta Jones play off each other brilliantly in this fun and suspenseful film about two master thieves who team up for two huge jobs. There are plenty of twists and turns in this film, and it will keep you guessing until the very end. (It will also make you wish that Zeta Jones could go back in time and play a Bond girl in "Goldfinger" or something...she and a much younger Connery would have been smoking hot on screen!)

Doable Millenium Heist: Value 8 Billion, One Dollar, 67 Cents.......2007-03-21

Stealing the Rembrandt was just for practice. Ginny Barker (Catherine Zeta-Jones) who worked for Waverly Security had a much larger goal in mind robbing the International Clearance Bank during the Millenium Celebratrion on New Year's Eve in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia but she needed help. She had been planning this event for a few years ... Hector Cruz (Will Patton) head of security had noticed she had no friends. She had no social life. She worked long hours doing statistical calculations and creating computer graphics examining all angles of the rooms and items her company insured and protected. He worried about her. She convinced Hector to let her attempt to catch and bring to justice the highly successful thief: McDougall (Sean Connery). He was a handsome foxy older gentleman, a wealthy Scotsman who had no need for the money but was a thief for the challenge of it. He was in the gallery where the Rembrandt was showcased during its opening exhibit, he was the likliest suspect. Hector was worried because two agents had previously disappeared trying to apprehend McDougall but Gin Barker convinced him because she was a woman ... she could do it. Despite misgivings, he gave her the chance to try.

Sean Connery played the aging gray haired foxy thief to perfection. He lived in Scotland, in a castle on an isolated island. He thought he had everything ... until he met Gin Barker. She followed him about in London, and watched him wander into a computer company, where he managed to steal five chips easily worth a million dollars each. She was exhausted as she returned to her hotel room, only to discover her luggage missing. She was too tired to report it immediately, pealed off her clothes and and prepared for bed ... totally naked because her dressing gown was among the missing items. She was shocked to discover someone staring at her in the dark. It was Mac (McDougall). He asked why was she following him around London. She then presented to him her grandiose plans. He mentioned his rules: "first we try, then we trust" and the corollary, "it's strictly business" ...

First he tested her and when she passed all his challenges, beyond his wildest expectations, he took her up on the job. They trained for the highest value monetary robbery of all time. This film appeals on multiple levels: it includes mystery, romance, tension, unexpected twists and turns in the plot and exotic locales, London, Scotland and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The May - December romance and relationship which builds from total distrust, to mutual respect, to outright admiration is fun to watch. Catherine Zeta-Jones is believable, beautiful and in fantastic form as she executes gymnastic maneuvers that would make a Gold Medal Female Olympics Champion blush with pride. Sean Connery delivers a superb performance and also delivers outstanding one line responses to her confident approach. He says, "I don't like surprises." She replies, "There won't be any." He countermands, "Trust me, there always are." This is a highly enjoyable film and receives my highest recommendation for acting, story-line, plot development, action, and intrigue. Erika Borsos (pepper flower)

Worth watching.......2007-02-21

Sean Connery And Zeta-Jones seemed an odd couple. But the actually compliment each other and create a chemistry which is not quite sensual but it makes the movie fun to watch. The plot, the clever dialogue and the twists make an entertaining film. The plot may be a tad far fetched but it is only a movie that will keep you on your seat (or sofa).

You will be surprised till the very end .......2007-01-20

Bought the DVD after watching The Thomas Crown Affair, I happened to find out that Entrapment belongs to an higher and different rank. Connery and Zeta Jones are amazing in their roles, they give a very believable performance as thieves, of course helped by a sophisticated and well written plot and a perfect choice of music. The capers are very inventive and suggest an accurate research by the writers, even the romantic part is handled with such a grace that almost you don't see the huge age gap between the characters. If you have not seen the movie yet, as it happened to me, you will be pleased and entertained by both the movie itself and the extras, which as usual are always too few for a movie like this.

Entrapment.......2007-01-10

Sean Connery is one of the few men I know who can do no wrong. He played this role with the his usual skill and panache. He was an extremely convincing as a con man. The beautiful Catherine Zeta-Jones was a good match in this role.

Entrapment (Full Screen Special Edition)

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An enticing caper flick
Doable Millenium Heist: Value 8 Billion, One Dollar, 67 Cents
Worth watching
You will be surprised till the very end
Entrapment

Entrapment (Full Screen Special Edition)
Starring: Sean Connery , Catherine Zeta-Jones , Ving Rhames , Will Patton , and Maury Chaykin
Director: Jon Amiel
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
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Release Date: 2002-05-21

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Customer Reviews:

An enticing caper flick.......2007-06-23

Doable Millenium Heist: Value 8 Billion, One Dollar, 67 Cents.......2007-03-21

Worth watching.......2007-02-21

You will be surprised till the very end .......2007-01-20

Entrapment.......2007-01-10

Average customer rating:

An enticing caper flick
Doable Millenium Heist: Value 8 Billion, One Dollar, 67 Cents
Worth watching
You will be surprised till the very end
Entrapment

Entrapment
Starring: Sean Connery , Catherine Zeta-Jones , Ving Rhames , Will Patton , and Maury Chaykin
Director: Jon Amiel
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Entrapment: Original Motion Picture Score

ASIN: 630562285X
Release Date: 1999-11-23

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Customer Reviews:

An enticing caper flick.......2007-06-23

Doable Millenium Heist: Value 8 Billion, One Dollar, 67 Cents.......2007-03-21

Worth watching.......2007-02-21

You will be surprised till the very end .......2007-01-20

Entrapment.......2007-01-10

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Quite possibly the most ridiculous movie ever made
Better Than Expected
no redeeming social - or any other - value.
pretty awful

Zeta One
Starring: James Robertson Justice , Charles Hawtrey , Robin Hawdon , Anna Gaël , and Brigitte Skay
Director: Michael Cort
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Release Date: 2002-01-29

Description

This sexual cocktail of "Austin Powers"-type kitsch is based on a story from the popular sixties magazine Zeta. Following a game of strip poker, blonde bombshell Ann Olsen (Yutte Stensgaard) learns that Special Agent James Word (Robin Horden) is investigating Public Enemy No.1, Major Borden (James Robertson Justice). With the assistance of the nerdy Swyne (Charles Hawtrey), Borden is investigating a race of sexy, scantily-clad super women, led by the shapely Zeta (Dawn Addams). It seems that attractive young women are being abducted from Earth and then brainwashed into serving Zeta, all wearing kinky, fetishistic outfits. Borden's plan is to track down Zeta and her seductive sirens and become their new ruler.

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Quite possibly the most ridiculous movie ever made.......2004-01-03

I paid special attention to the end credits of this film, fully expecting to see a formal apology by everyone associated with the making of this indescribably bad film. It is bad enough that this film was actually made, but now a company called Salvation has made this one of the first two releases of its Jezebel lineup of DVDs. Don't let the presence of scantily clad and topless women fool you - Zeta One is an abysmal film. I don't know who the looker on the box cover is - no one this attractive can be found in the film. This 1969 British film is supposedly kitschy, whatever that really means; from what I can tell, it means embarrassingly ridiculous.

If you read the summary of the film, you will be wondering if you were sent the wrong movie as you watch the opening third of the movie. This may be the most boring twenty-five minutes ever caught on film; even the big strip poker scene is mind-numbingly tedious. Worst of all, we have to spend so much time with the film's main character James Word. I would not even insult James Bond by calling James Word a poor spoof of the man. Word is a spy of some sort who spends most of his time in bed. This is made possible by strange women who magically appear in his apartment from out of the blue. Girl number one is his boss' secretary, which allows her to see through Worth's "brilliant" fake moustache disguise; she pumps him for information about his latest mission, but he has other things on his mind. Did I mention the fact that Worth is a pitiful, rather slimy specimen of manhood? Anyway, Worth eventually opens up and tells girl number one this incredible story about a race of superwomen and the master criminal who tried to conquer them.

Yes, a Major Bourdon and his bespectacled dweeb of an assistant Mr. Swyne have learned of the existence of a race of superwomen who live - well, no one really knows where they live; we do know they kidnap selected Earth women in order to brainwash them and make them a part of their female-only society. Major Bourdon is determined to get to the bottom of this for some reason that is never explained. Luckily for him, the Zeta women (Zeta is the name of their leader; I could never understand the name they were given in the film) all dress in identical mini-dresses and go-go boots, making it easy to follow them. (The mini-dresses and go-go boots are pretty much all this film has going for it.) Swyne learns that a certain stripper (actually, none other than the "Queen of the G-strings") is to be the next kidnapped girl, and Bourdon puts his plan in motion of discovering how (and where) to conquer these alien women. It all goes downhill from here. I won't describe the silly information we learn about the mysterious Amazon-like women's society or Word's proclivity for bedding every strange woman that appears from out of nowhere in his bedroom. Word does finally drag himself out of bed toward the end of the film, but he soon returns to the only place he seems to care about. Don't worry too much about the alien women; they have a Plan 69 for anything, it seems. You won't believe the weapon these girls use on silly human men, but you will see the absolutely predictable ending coming from a mile away.

Truly, Zeta One (aka Alien Women) is one of the most ridiculous films I have ever seen. You can have a lot of fun with this film if you make a big party out of it and settle in with a bunch of friends to watch what is the ultimate embodiment of cinematic silliness; apparently, this film exists only for the purpose of being laughed at. Keep a special eye out for the big and absolutely ridiculous "elevator" scene.

Better Than Expected.......2003-09-23

Secret Agent James Word (I guess his word is his bond) has just returned from a mission. He is met by his superior's assistant (his superior is UU (Double-U like an upside down M)). She plays coy and sexy but really just wants the details of his mission. During breaks in apparent intimacy he recounts his tale.

He has been investigating a Major Bourdin who has been have a series of run ins with a mysterious force of women. They are led by Zeta and have the ability to teleport. It is unknown if they are from space, the future or another dimension, but they have set up a colony of women. They add to the colony through kidnaping and brainwashing.

The film appears to have made no attempt at being erotic (check out the strip poker scene as an example) and the plotting is wooden (although some of the actual acting is quite good).

In the end we learn what the secretary is really up to and the final fate of James. I have to say that I enjoyed it more than I thought I would based on the other reviews.

no redeeming social - or any other - value........2003-04-01

Boy, it's not often you find a film that is this amateurish in so many ways. The comedy isn't funny, the nudity is anerotic. The plot makes no sense. It has terrible pacing and editing and cinematography and so forth and so on.

If the dialog had been written by Ed Wood, it would be exactly like an Ed Wood film, and that would be a major improvement.

pretty awful.......2003-02-10

There are no words to describe the badness of this movie. After the fabulous "Au Pair Girls" and the decent "Intimate Games", this one was a major letdown. This movie's all over the place, as if it were filmed, edited, half of it cut out, and new footage was filmed in and around what remained of the original plot. The careful viewer will notice that the opening and intermittent sequences with the secret agent don't interact at all with any of the rest of the plot, as if filmed and added afterward. This weak "James Bond" parody seems to have been added to an unrelated movie afterward, and what remains of the original plot is now incomprehensible, with its characters simply disappearing into plot holes. Even if you're a major fan of the genre, this is definitely an avoid. "Au Pair Girls", on the other hand, loosely associated in current release with this one, is a much, much better example of the genre.

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Entrapment
Starring: Sean Connery , Maury Chaykin , Catherine Zeta-Jones , Will Patton , and Ving Rhames
Director: Jon Amiel
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
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When a priceless Rembrandt is stolen in New York, the evidence points to a solitary master thief (Connery), who is about to meet the insurance company's most cunning - and seductive - investigator (Zeta-Jones). Following a nerve-racking game of cat and mouse, the two join forces, or so it seems, to attempt a daring multibillion-dollar heist tied to the dawn of the new millennium.

Average customer rating:

An enticing caper flick
Doable Millenium Heist: Value 8 Billion, One Dollar, 67 Cents
Worth watching
You will be surprised till the very end
Entrapment

Entrapment (En Espanol)
Starring: Sean Connery , Catherine Zeta-Jones , Ving Rhames , Will Patton , and Maury Chaykin
Director: Jon Amiel
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
ProductGroup: DVD
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