Ben Stiller plays the manager of an apartment building in New York. When the wealthy tenant, played by Alan Alda, is arrested for fraud and put on house arrest, Stiller's character learns the tenant mishandled the building employees' pension fund. Stiller then works with the unemployed employees and a thief, played by Eddie Murphy, to break into the tenant's penthouse in search of $20 million they believe he has hidden. They discover the money was converted to gold hidden under the paint of a car. The group lowers the car from the penthouse just as the FBI arrive to make arrests.
2. A comedy with action!!!!!A comedy with action!!!!!
With….With….
3. Ben Stiller, as the managerBen Stiller, as the manager
Alan Alda, as Arthur Shaw, the magnateAlan Alda, as Arthur Shaw, the magnate
Gabourey Sidibe, as Odessa, the MaidGabourey Sidibe, as Odessa, the Maid
Eddie Murphy, as Slide, the thiefEddie Murphy, as Slide, the thief
4. Josh Kovacs is the manager of a residential
apartment in New York. He is close to all the
tenants, especially Arthur Shaw, a businessman.
5. One day Shaw is arrested by the FBI for fraud
and he’s condemned to house arrest in his
penthouse. But later Josh learns that the
employees´s pension fund which Shaw handles is
gone.
6. When one of the employees tries to kill himself,
Josh talks to Shaw and loses his temper, breaks
the windscreen of the Ferrari, which is in the
apartment , and loses his job.
7. The FBI thinks that Shaw has $20 million
hidden. Josh with some other employees who
also lost their jobs, they plan to get into Shaw's
penthouse to get the money with the assistance
of Slide, a thief who knows how to steal.
8. The team reaches Shaw's apartment, breaks down a
false wall and finds Shaw's safe , Odessa opens it, but
finds it is empty. Slide and another tenant fight for
Slide's gun; the gun shoots a bullet and a bullet hits the
car, revealing gold under the Ferrari's paint. They
realize Shaw has invested his cash in gold
9. They move the car through the window to the tenant’s
apartment, six floors below, and then they take it down to
the lobby on top of an elevator.
Just as they reach the lobby, FBI´s
Agent and Shaw arrive and take the same
elevator, with the car still on top of the
roof. The FBI arrests Josh and his
accomplices, that they will be free.
10. The team retrieves the car from its hiding
place in Shaw's rooftop pool and sends various parts of
the car to Tower employees to compensate them for
their lost pensions.
As the movie ends, Shaw begins his life
sentence and Josh is in jail, with a smile of satisfaction
on his face.