“Entrapment” is one of those films like “River Wild” and “Lake Placid” where you embrace its goofiness. The film is about daring heists and you don’t care how ridiculous the heists because the film doesn’t require you to care.

In “Entrapment”, Catherine Zeta-Jones (“The Mask Of Zorro”) is insurance agent by the name of Virginia Baker and she’s out to catch Robert MacDougal (Sean Connery “Goldfinger”, “Highlander”), who is a great art thief. The two then start working together on heists but nothing is as it seems. The two are playing each other while on the heists but it’s hard to tell which one is bluffing and which one isn’t.

Catherine Zeta-Jones has a few great scenes where she elegantly moves her way through a room filled with lasers, one is a practice and then one is the real thing. All-round she’s gives a good performance. Connery is also really good as MacDougal. The chemistry between the two is interesting but I have mixed feelings about how the relationship plays out. The other characters are very intriguing but you’re too busy focused on the main stars to care about anybody else in the film and the movie knows that.

“Entrapment” isn’t high art like what its stars are trying to steal but it is a very fun picture. There’s a great deal of action and excitement but thankfully the film knows that it doesn’t need lots of violence to make those scenes enjoyable. The films are in some ways like many of the “James Bond” pictures, which is of course what Mr. Connery is best known for. It’s a playful film and I think those that dismiss films like this don’t have a sense of humour when it comes to action films. “Entrapment” is extremely silly but you have to like it for that.