Tower Heist Preview Giveaway

The making of an "all-star" film appears to be a dying art in Hollywood. With most productions today, you're lucky if the two main stars are guys you've actually heard of and if there is any money left over, maybe the producers will hire a sitcom star to be the love interest. Well, director Brett Ratner knows how to cast a film!
 
In Ratner's latest, Tower Heist, a crew of blue-collar workers (among them Ben Stiller, Casey Affleck, and Matthew Broderick) find that they are the victims of a wealthy businessman's (Alan Alda) Ponzi scheme. Looking for payback, they set out to rob his high-rise residence with some outside help (Eddie Murphy).
 
Ratner gets a lot of guff online from folks for not being the most subtle hand behind the camera, but if you look over his filmography he has one of the most varied resumes going of his generation. From thrillers (Red Dragon) to comedy franchises (the Rush Hour trilogy), Ratner really has nothing to prove at this point.
 
The real excitement for this film is the news that Eddie Murphy has returned to the world of live-action filmmaking. Keep in mind, I count Daddy Day Care and The Haunted Mansion as glorified cartoons. Do you realize an entire generation only recognize Murphy as a voice actor? Do you understand how sad that makes me?
 
Universal Pictures is teaming up with New Raleigh to help welcome Eddie back to the land of the living. We are giving a few of our lucky readers a chance to catch Tower Heist a few days before anyone else.

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