Nothing To Lose (DVD)

The buddy movie genre is well established; we?ve had the loner cop paired with the rookie, the lazy cop with the anal retentive, we?ve even had the cop partnered with a dog. This comedy starring Tim Robbins and Martin Lawrence is a buddy movie with a difference. Tim Robbins plays a man for whom life seems to be going well. He has a successful job and a beautiful wife until one day he comes home from work early to find his wife in bed with his boss. He leaves the house and drives off, preoccupied with his thoughts. While stopped at a junction, crook, Martin Lawrence, jumps into Robbins? car and attempts to rob him. However, he has chosen the wrong ...  Read the complete review

Nothing to Lose is a comedy Directed by Steve Oedekerk, starring Tim Robbins and Martin Lawrence as an unlikely duo. Plot -------------------------------- Tim Robbins plays Nick Beam, a successful advertising executive. Nick decides to go home from work early and hears a noise from upstairs. After much deliberation about what weapon to use (he chooses a candle stick in the end) he goes upstairs towards the noise. Inside he catches his wife, Ann ( Kelly Preston) in bed with another man (I don't need to tell you what she was up too......). Downstairs he finds some cufflinks that belong to his Boss.... Calmly Nick walks out the house, ...  Read the complete review

Tim Robbins shows off his comic timing in good style in this entertaining romp. He plays a succesful PR in an ad agency run by the obnoxious P.B. Robbins returns home from work early one day, to surprise his wife with tickets for a show, as he enters the house he hears a noise from upstairs,after rummaging for a weapon, he creeps up the stairs and sees,(or so he believes),his wife in bed with P.B. In a state of catatonic disbelief, he gets in his car and slowly drives through the town, ending up in the ghettos. Enter Martin Lawrence,car jacker. He jumps into Robbins car and demands the keys and money,Robbins just looks at him and utters the ...  Read the complete review

I saw this film a few years ago and saw it on a market last weekend and just had to buy it as i remembered it being really funny, I watched it this afternoon so thought I would give it a review as it was better than I remembered it! ~The Story~ Tim Robbins plays a hotshot advertising executive who returns home early one day. He hears noises upstairs and assumes there are intruders up there, he sneaks up and peers through the bedroom door to see his wife with another man he believes his is boss. He gets in his car and goes for a drive and when he stops at a junction Martin Lawrence pulls a gun on him and attempts to car jack him! Obviously ...  Read the complete review