Bait

Jamie Foxx is stupid but he can run fast and, just when he needs it, he pulls some brains out of his back pocket in Bait. David Morse is a hardass Treasury cop looking for Doug Hutchinson and using Foxx as, wow, a surprise, bait to get him. This is a sharp looking film and the plot almost holds together but inconsistencies like Foxx’s varying level of intelligence make it hard to take.

modestly recommended