It is an impressive build-up to the drama and the emotional connection of the audience with the characters which are missing. A car and some people, all dangling out of a multi-storeyed building, will be exciting for some and enjoyably scary for others. The drama is fast-paced in the second half and there are enough twists and turns to keep the audience engaged. The dialogues, in the parts where the foursome break into the penthouse, when they are caught in the lift, and when they manage to loot the belongings of Arthur, are hilarious. Slide and Josh’s interactions have the audience in splits as they are two people who are very unlike each other – one is a hard-nosed criminal who doesn’t think twice before stealing, and the latter is a straight-jacketed guy who is (foolishly) attempting a crime for the first time. Ted Griffin and Jeff Nathanson’s screenplay, based on a story by Adam Cooper, Bill Collage and Ted Griffin, picks up primarily in the latter half when the distinct and funny characters come together to hatch a plan to enter the building and steal the money. Is the motley group able to steal the money? What plans do they make in order to steal the money? What about Arthur’s court case? What about the FBI agent? Out of job and angry, Josh teams up with Charlie, Enrique, former resident of the tower, Fitzhugh (Matthew Broderick), crook Slide (Eddie Murphy), and a current tower employee, Odessa (Gabourey Sidibe), in an attempt to steal $10 million from Arthur’s apartment. Soon enough, the management also fires Josh, the concierge, Charlie (Casey Affleck), and the lift boy, Enrique (Michael Peña), who had accompanied Josh to the penthouse when he had attacked the car. ![]() Arthur dismisses Josh’s attempts as revenge. Now, Josh loses his cool and alongwith two other employees, enters Arthur’s penthouse and bashes up his vintage car, which is kept in the house itself. Josh also catches up with the FBI Special Agent, Claire Denham (Téa Leoni), who tells him that ultimately, none of the employees of the tower will get their life-earnings back and that in all probability, Arthur Shaw will walk free. After the news of Arthur’s fund mismanagement spreads, old Lester, who was making retirement plans, tries to commit suicide. However, within days, Josh realises that Arthur is a fraudster when he finds out that Arthur had even taken the personal savings of the building’s doorman, Lester (Stephen Henderson). ![]() Yet, Josh believes that Arthur, who is put under house arrest in his penthouse, will be able to give them back their money. Since Arthur and all his investments have gone under, there is no hope of recovery of the pension money. Years ago, Josh had entrusted the pension money of the tower’s service staff to Arthur as he promised handsome returns. ![]() Around the same time, it is revealed that Arthur was bankrupt and that all his investors, especially the smaller ones, would lose their investment. Soon, Arthur is arrested by the FBI for being involved in securities fraud. He is on good terms with the building owner, Wall Street financier, Arthur Shaw (Alan Alda), who lives in the penthouse of the tower. Josh Kovacs (Ben Stiller) is the manager of New York’s most expensive residential tower and has been efficiently managing the service staff of the building for many years. Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment’s Tower Heist is a comedy about a group of people who decide to rob their former boss who has cheated them of their life savings.
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