Jackpot!

Rating: 10/10 (1 April 2006)

This movie is the movie I've been longing for for a while. I don't go to watch movie in theaters as often as before. Now, I prefer to wait and watch it all on DVD. What made me watch this movie at a cinema?? My favorite actor, Denzel Washington.
I watched this trailers many times before it hits the cinema. I know that this is gonna be a hit for me when I see the cast and suspected that the movie will have a good plot. A kind of movie that would entice me. The only thing that got me thinking was the Director, Spike Lee. This is not a movie that I'd expect from Spike Lee but I got to say that he did well in his new category.
Being from Indonesia, having friends who idolizes Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise etc. I never really have one actor that really hits me as a real good actor until I stepped on Vancouver. I started watching my first Denzel Washington movie and I thought he's a pretty interesting actor. I started watching his other movies and I knew straight away he's the finest actor Hollywood has. Also, I noticed that Denzel don't just choose any acting roles. All his movies are either very meaningful and his action movies has good plots.
Remember the Titans, John Q, Man On Fire, The Siege, Out of Time are some of his many good movies. The only movie I don't like was the remake of The Manchurian Candidate although Denzel puts a strong performance in front of the camera too. Good supporting role he played in Atwone Fisher.
Anyway, back to the movie: it will make you laugh, wonder and think. The suspense is fun as the humor in the movies. The thing I want to warn you all is the strong language they use in this movie that gives it an R rating. Also, the movie made fun of some other old movie which I'm not gonna spoil and some of you might not notice it anyway. Sikhs might find a scene to be offensive but I know my Sikh friends actually enjoyed the scene. Anyway, the plot, the laughters, the strong performance of the cast will let you leave with fulfillment + enjoyment of watching the movie. I know everyone in theater does!
I give it a 10.