At the Movies: Wall Street Revenge Comedy Caper

A movie about workers taking revenge on a Wall Street swindler should make for a fun time at the theaters this weekend.

The film, Tower Heist, features Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy.

Here’s the plot from Moviefone.com : Queens native Josh Kovacs (Stiller) has managed one of the most luxurious and well-secured residences in New York City for more than a decade. Under his watchful eye, nothing goes undetected. In the swankiest unit atop Josh's building, Wall Street titan Arthur Shaw (Alan Alda) is under house arrest after being caught stealing $2 billion from his investors. The hardest hit among those he defrauded? The tower staffers whose pensions he was entrusted to manage.

With only days before Arthur gets away with the perfect crime, Josh's crew turns to petty crook Slide (Murphy) to plan the nearly impossible…to steal what they are sure is hidden in Arthur's guarded condo. Though amateurs, these rookie thieves know the building better than anyone. Turns out they've been casing the place for years, they just didn't know it.

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for language and sexual content

Genre(s): crime and mystery, comedy

Distributor(s): Universal

Director(s): Brett Ratner

Starring: Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Casey Affleck, Téa Leoni and Alan Alda

Themes: class differences, servants and employers, righting the wronged

Tone: irreverent, madcap, silly, wry

Tower Heistis showing at  AMC Lake in the Hills 12,  311 North Randall Road, Lake in the Hills. For movie times and a trailer, click here for Moviefone's website.