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| Held Up | |
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| Directed by | Steve Rash |
| Screenplay by | Jeff Eastin |
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| Cinematography | David A. Makin |
| Edited by | Jonathan Chibnall |
| Music by | Robert Folk |
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| Distributed by | Trimark Pictures |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $8 million |
| Box office | $4 million[1] |
Held Up is a 1999 Americancrimebuddycomedy film starringNia Long andJamie Foxx and directed bySteve Rash.
While on a road trip in theSouthwest, Rae (Long) discovers that her man, Michael (Foxx), spent the $15,000 they set aside for a home on a vintage Studebaker. Rae promptly dumps Michael at a convenience store and hops a ride to the airport. Soon after, Michael loses the car when a young kid cons him out of the keys.
Michael soon finds his day going from bad to worse when he's caught up in a botched robbery at the convenience store where he's now stranded. The cops (local vigilantes) show up ready for a gunfight. Michael finds himself trying to convince the gunman (Yáñez) to let him and the other hostages go, all while trying to plan how to get to the airport before Rae's flight leaves.
On thereview aggregator websiteRotten Tomatoes, 17% of 29 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 3.5/10. The website's consensus reads: "Lackluster performances and fluff humor can't keep this wreck from sinking."[2]Metacritic, which uses aweighted average, assigned the film a score of 21 out of 100, based on 17 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews.[3]
A soundtrack containing hip hop music was released on March 14, 2000, by Spot Music.
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