It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

The film was still a fun one that will make you laugh and have you leaving the theater feeling like you just stole something valuable and got away with it.

In other words,this film is a surreal ride.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

"Setup" is about three friends who are into criminal activity and one of the three friends betray the other two."Sonny" (50 Cent) stops at nothing to find the former friend/betrayer "Vincent" (Ryan Phillippe). We find out near the end of the movie that "Vincent" betrayed his friends for money to pay to keep his father "William" (James Remar) in protective custody in prison. "Vincent" is the most stupidest character, it looks like his father is going to be in prison for a very long time, so you're just going to keep paying thousands of dollars every single month to keep him protected? very silly, "Vincent" is acting like the parent which is very patronising, bottom line his dad is in prison because of the choices that he made, it isn't the son's problem, if the situation were reversed it's unlikely that his dad would do the same for him, considering the way he talks to his son when he visits him in prison, there doesn't seem to be any love at all for his son.All the characters are foolish at one point due to getting involved in crime, but "Sonny" has a change of heart and chooses not to kill "Vincent" out of revenge, the Christian theme is good, but a major error is when the priest says "God can ALMOST forgive anything", there is no "almost", God forgives anything and everything, no matter how dark it is, when people ask God for forgiveness, He forgives!The famous sentence "No honour among thieves" is proved in this motion picture, so it shouldn't actually be surprising to the characters and to the viewers that one would turn against the others."Setup" is only about an hour and a half, it is fast-paced and never boring, the mob aspect doesn't outweigh the rest of the plot, thank God (it doesn't get anymore boring than mob depictions) Bruce Willis playing a mobster is annoying, but he is just a supporting character.Cinematographer Steve Gainer does a good job with the blue tint, it gives the movie a down to earth gritty vibe.There are not many interesting crime thrillers out there, but "Setup" is a must-watch.

SETUP is a very cheap heist thriller shot in the wilds of Michigan. There are a lot of familiar actors on board but most just turn up to get the pay cheque and go again. The story feels half hearted and the greyed-out look works against it, giving it a cookie cutter feel. However, the film isn't quite as bad as I was fearing, and at least it's short and fast-paced, which means you won't really get bored about it.The story is about the familiar fall-out among thieves that takes place early on. The heist scene is well shot and brings to mind HEAT in its depiction of a large-scale shoot-out, definitely the best part of the movie. However, 50 Cent is a poor choice for the lead and quite unlikeable, while Ryan Philippe is miscast for his part. Bruce Willis is prominently featured on the cover but gets little screen time other than to intone gruff dialogue in a room for ten minutes or so. Randy Couture has a very small role too. At least the action's okay, with a foot chase in the second half that really captivates.

I saw this DVD on the shelf and thought, "ooo, Bruce Willis etc, sounds good" I could not have been more wrong.I only watched about half an hour of this movie, and decided to turn it off when a crazy "butcher" began chopping up a mob guy, and placed his whole body parts, bone and all in a blender which pumped out some tasty looking mince.. i mean it looked supermarket packaged. This guy had previously shot himself in the head.. not the front of the head, but the back.... Accidentally?! and somehow had no exit wound out the front.. and by the way, this happened while purchasing "a bag" to "celebrate" which we came to the conclusion would be some hardcore drugs, turned out to be...... weed.There was zero flow to this movie, things just kinda happened and you are expected to keep up. Bruce Willis apparently stars in this movie for 5 minutes, which leads me to believe he found out how horrible the movie is and decided he had better things to do, like watch paint dry.50 cent......Unfortunately, thats about all this movie is worth..

Where do I start with this movie?? I rented this movie thinking that it was going to be good, it seemed like a good enough plot... a guy betrays his friends after a diamond heist, one lives and plans to get revenge. DON'T be fooled into thinking that because this movie has Bruce Willis in it, it has to be a good movie. Thats exactly what I thought!!! Bruce Willis was only in it for about 15 minutes, and those 15 minutes didn't do him justice. Even a good actor like Bruce Willis cant help it if there is a bad script. 50 Cent was the main character, and his acting was absolutely dreadful, rappers shouldn't act, except for the select few that can, like Ice T and Ludicrous.And what was with the cheesy titles flashing in and out on different characters?? "The Butcher" "The Driver" "The Mob Boss". I mean, really?? I ended up laughing most of the time at the horrible, cheesy dialouge and the expressions that 50 Cent would have on his face!! :D Overall, DON'T watch this movie!!! I wasted an hour and 25 minutes of my life!!!