Set in New York, Charlie Gibbs, Enrique Dev'Reaux and Miss Iovenko, all of them work at an upscale apartment named The Tower whose owner has a secret plan about Ponzi scheme. When they find out this thing, they decide to rob him. They go through an exciting adventure that full of comedy events.
Alan Alda plays the billionaire, and his oleaginous smarm is so good that you almost wish Alda were starring in a hard-edged movie about Madoff instead of this goofy heist picture that takes way too long getting to the heist.
'Tower Heist' is a low-rent payback caper involving the staff of the titular high-rent tower. It's Donald Trump's Tower. Oddly, The Donald doesn't have a cameo.
On the plus side, 'Tower Heist' has a well-cast ensemble and makes great use of its mid-Manhattan location, including an incursion into the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade...