Foolproof (film)

Foolproof
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Directed by	William Phillips
Produced by	Colin Brunton Bill House Seaton McLean
Written by	William Phillips
Starring	Ryan Reynolds David Suchet Kristin Booth Joris Jarsky James Allodi Mif (Anthony J. Mifsud)
Music by	Jim McGrath
Cinematography	Derek Rogers
Edited by	Susan Shipton
Release date	October 3, 2003
Running time	93 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English
Budget	CAD $7,800,000

Foolproof is a 2003 Canadian heist film directed by William Phillips and starring Ryan Reynolds, David Suchet, Kristin Booth, Joris Jarsky, and James Allodi.

The movie was filmed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and produced by Alliance Atlantis Communications and Ego Film Arts and released theatrically on October 3, 2003, by Odeon Films in Canada and Momentum Pictures of the United Kingdom.

In Canada, it was released in 204 theatres, more than any other movie in the past. Under Telefilm Canada rules stating the movie producers must have a good script and firm distribution deals to get a grant of more than C$1,000,000, Telefilm granted Foolproof C$3,400,000. The entire budget was C$7,800,000.

The movie starts with Kevin (played by Reynolds), Sam (Booth) and Rob (Jarsky) playing a game, known as "Foolproof", in which they create working plans to infiltrate and burgle various targets. They do not actually execute these heists, preferring to simply simulate them. The rules of the game include the three of them to have the necessary technical and physical abilities to carry out the tasks required for the heist, and they cannot use a loaded gun.

All is fine until a famous criminal, Leo Gillete (Suchet), steals the trio's plans, by breaking into Sam's apartment and steals the plan for a jewelry warehouse heist and accomplishes it. He then blackmails the group into designing and executing a plan to steal $20 million in bonds from a bank. Since he has evidence incriminating them in the plans, they accept.