Everybody's a critic - 'After the Sunset'

Three stars (out of four)

"After the Sunset" is about a team of master thieves played by Pierce Brosnan and Salma Hayek, who always seem to have the perfect alibi, while FBI agent Stanley Lloyd always seems to be one step away from catching them.

Seven years after the second of the three Napoleon Diamonds was stolen, Lloyd finds the thieves on the Island of Paradise where the third diamond is to be on display. Lloyd thinks this will be his chance to finally catch them red-handed.

I liked this movie because it was different from others of its type, placing emphasis on the story rather than special effects. The story was new and refreshing and didn't have to rely on the same old explosions and gunfire.

- Carl Appel, online sales

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Two and a half stars (out of four)

Filled with deception, love, frustration and confusion, "After the Sunset" has all of the ingredients of a good jewel-heist movie, but the plot has been done to death. Although, the humor was not that bad.

I knew what was going to happen before the movie ended, and the only surprise was the character Stan Lloyd, played by Woody Harrelson.

Lloyd, an FBI agent who was once duped by jewel thieves Max Burdett (Pierce Brosnan) and Lola Cirillo (Salma Hayek), goes to their retreat to stir things up.

The mixture of Harrelson's comedy and Brosnan's masculinity bring about awkward situations for their two characters throughout the movie. It is the odd relationship between the two of them that keeps the movie going.

Although "After the Sunset" was entertaining, there was nothing unique about it.

- Somer Oldson, student