Held Up
- IMDb link: 0165831
- IMDb rating: 5.2 (4,466 votes)
- Genres: Comedy
- Director: Jamie Foxx, Steve Rash
- Cast: Barry Corbin, Nia Long, John Cullum and others
- Release date: 12 May 2000
- Release year: 1999
- Runtime: 89 minutes
- Country: Canada, United States
- Keywords: desert, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, robbery, sheriff, convenience store, african american, hostage, surprise ending, boy, gas station
Plot:
While they're on vacation in the Southwest, Rae finds out her man Michael spent their house money on a classic car, so she dumps him, hitching a ride to Vegas for a flight home. A kid promptly steals Michael's car, leaving him at the Zip & Sip, a convenience store. Three bumbling robbers promptly stage a hold up. Two take off with the cash stranding the third, with a mysterious crate, just as the cops arrive. The robber takes the store hostage. As incompetent cops bring in a SWAT team and try a by-the-book rescue, Michael has to keep the robber calm, find out what's in the crate, aid the negotiations, and get back to Rae. The Stockholm Syndrome asserts its effect.