Tower Heist Page #5

Synopsis: Josh Kovaks is the manager of a high-rise condominium in New York. He is close to all the tenants, especially financier Arthur Shaw. One day Shaw is arrested by the FBI for fraud. Josh thinks it's a misunderstanding that can be resolved, but later he learns that the employees' pension fund - which he asked Shaw to handle - is gone. When one of the employees tries to kill himself, Josh's views of Shaw change. He goes to see him and loses his temper, and his job. The FBI agent in charge tells him that Shaw might walk, and recovering the pension fund is unlikely. She tells him that it's been rumored that Shaw has $20 million lying around if he needs it in a hurry. Josh thinks he knows where it is, so with two other fired employees and an evicted tenant, they set out to get into Shaw's penthouse to get the money. But they realize they need the assistance of someone who knows how to steal, so Josh asks an old acquaintance named Slide who he knows is a thief to help them.
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Director(s): Brett Ratner
Production: Universal Pictures
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
59
Rotten Tomatoes:
67%
PG-13
Year:
2011
104 min
$78,009,155
Website
2,291 Views


beating the sh*t out of Shaw's car.

That was badass.

Yeah, well,

badass is my middle name.

Nope. Your middle

name is Marvin.

I know that from

your file. Marvin.

(LAUGHS)

All right.

That's my dead grandfather

you're laughing at.

What else is in my file?

Oh.

I know the year your

parents got divorced.

Your SAT scores.

You don't know my SAT scores.

I retook those.

Your scores went down.

(SCOFFS)

I have to tell you something,

and I really shouldn't

be telling you this,

because it violates

everything I believe in.

Mmm-hmm.

We still haven't

found Shaw's safety net.

All these guys, they keep some cash

close by in case they have to run.

Shaw clears out all of his

accounts three months ago,

But when we bust him,

the money isn't on him.

Wait.

$20 million?

There's a chance we'll

get lucky and find it.

And if we get lucky,

maybe you can get lucky.

I'm not lucky.

You just have to be patient.

I don't really have

time to be patient.

Well, if you're

tired of waiting around,

you can always try

the old-school approach.

What's that?

Grab some pitchforks and a couple

of guys and storm the castle.

They'd never see you coming.

I have to pee.

Ooh! I'm gonna...

I have to go.

Whoa, whoa.

You can't drive.

I'm gonna get a crab.

Crab?

Listen, you violated

three federal laws

when you beat up

Shaw's Ferrari.

So what?

So a lot of guys down at the

bureau want to buy you a drink,

and so do I.

Bye.

Goodbye.

(BANGING ON DOOR)

(BUZZING)

Manuel.

(SPEAKING SPANISH)

Sorry, Mr. K, I can't let

you into the building.

No, no, I just have to grab some

stuff out of my office, okay?

I promise

I won't attack anyone.

I can't do it.

Or should I tell Mr. Simon about

you and the cougar in 2813?

Two minutes.

Okay.

FEMALE CASHIER:
Hi, welcome to Shake Shack.

What can I get you?

ENRIQUE:

Hey, Mr. Kovaks.

Welcome to Shake Shack.

What's shaking? We shake all day.

You like working here?

I cry at night.

You said you know

electrical engineering?

FITZHUGH:
I'm on the

phone with the police.

They have a cruiser

in the area. Go away!

It's me, Mr. Fitzhugh.

Can you open the door, please?

He)!

He)'

Why are you

staying in this motel?

I'm thinking of becoming

a male prostitute.

I think I might

have a better idea.

(CHILDREN TALKING

INDISTINCTLY)

Sasha told me you took a job.

Oh, yeah. I'm using all the skills

you taught me as a concierge.

Thank you very much.

Hey, no spitting, blue shirt.

BOY:
Suck it,

douche bag!

It's not a bad job.

Only problem is

I need 40 hours to

get on the insurance,

it's hard to get shifts, but if

I don't get on the insurance,

it's probably gonna

end up costing us

around $20,000

to have the baby.

So we'll probably

have to sell it.

I need your help.

So you're saying you wanna rob

$20 million from Arthur Shaw.

Which you think he's hidden

in a secret wall safe

inside his penthouse apartment.

An apartment which he's

not allowed to leave

and is guarded by three FBI

agents, 24 hours a day.

Two.

And you wanna do all

of this in a building

with the most advanced security

and surveillance

system in the world.

A building which we've all been

barred from ever entering again?

Yes. How do you

guys feel about that?

Well, I've really

enjoyed myself.

Thanks for the crackers.

Mr. Fitzhugh, I know the

money is in that safe.

How do you know?

Because in 2003,

Shaw remodeled.

He spent like 10 million to blow out

the kitchen, move the living room.

He even brought in

some guy from China

to do a whole feng shui thing.

But he left one wall standing,

dead center in the

middle of the apartment.

That's where he put the safe.

Maybe it's

a load-bearing wall.

No. No, it isn't.

We have the same

wall in my place.

We took it down

when we first moved in.

The FBI can't find the money,

because he hid it in the wall.

I know it!

So you guys in or out?

Mr. Fitzhugh?

Come back to me.

Mr. Dev'Reaux?

You know how many weeks I'd have to

work at the BK to make 20 million?

Charlie, come on.

Look at us.

We're basically waiters.

That's what we do. We bring people stuff.

We don't take things.

You and I know the

movements of every person.

We know the schedules,

deliveries and codes

for every door and window.

We've been casing the place for over

a decade, we just didn't know it.

We didn't know it, because

we weren't doing it.

But we were.

No.

Okay, where do the Lippmans

keep their passports?

In the freezer.

Mmm-hmm.

How many in vitro fertilizations

did Miss Hansen have

before she gave birth to Jonah?

Six.

See? We know everything!

What's the pass code

for Mr. Shaw's elevator?

I just press the PH button.

Come on, man.

I need you.

Yeah, you need me, because

you've got these idiots.

You think we're

getting our money back?

You think Lester is

getting his money?

I talked to the FBI.

It's gone!

So all this is about getting

it back for Lester?

Yes! And Rose and Miss lovenko

and Manuel and you, you jerk!

Come on! Let's storm

the castle together.

Oh, like when they went

after Frankenstein?

No, it's a different

kind of storming.

It's a storming where the

peasants take everything back.

From like

the feudal lords and...

I'm in.

Holy sh*t! I'm in.

Holy sh*t! I'm in.

Well, now we're

undefeatable, aren't we?

Josh, we're not criminals.

We don't know how to steal.

It's okay,

I know someone who does.

Crack four!

(BUZZING)

You must have been saying

your prayers, Slide.

You made bail.

JOSH:
Slide.

Thought you might need a ride.

JOSH:
I haven't driven

my Nova for a few months.

Did you know that in Spanish

"No va" means "it doesn't go"?

That's why they didn't sell

many in Latin America.

I didn't realize Rikers

was on an actual island.

I thought it was more of a...

I don't know, like a...

You know, like the way Puget

Sound is actually an inlet.

But they...

You hungry?

Can I buy you some lunch?

(TIRES SCREECHING)

Slide, what are you doing?

Tell me why you bailed me out!

Take your foot off the gas!

Answer the goddamn

question first!

Slide!

(HORNS HONKING)

Red light!

(SCREAMS)

All right, what's going on?

You wearing

a wire or something?

Some kind of police

undercover sh*t?

No, I'm not a cop!

Then you brought me out here for

some kind of freak sh*t, huh?

You want to stimulate my nut sack.

Ls that what it is, punk?

No! Jesus!

Then what the hell we doing out here, man?

I don't even know your name.

I'm Josh Kovaks.

Man in the suit.

We talk almost every morning.

How come you

bailed me out, man?

I need help with something, and I

thought given our relationship

you might be willing to help.

Relationship? I ain't got no

relationship with your ass!

Our history!

What history? I see you walking

by every now and then.

I say, "Hey, what's up,

little biatch?"

Just another

passer-by going by.

Just another n*gger walking by.

You don't remember 1971?

Mrs. Saltzburg?

We used to get dropped off at her

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Ted Griffin

Ted Griffin is an American screenwriter whose credits include Ravenous, Matchstick Men, and Ocean's Eleven. Born in Pasadena, California, Griffin graduated from Colgate University in 1993. more…

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