Tower Heist

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Imagine a reputable asset manager offers to triple your savings? You have no reason to doubt his capabilities and lots of your friends are benefiting so why not? You throw caution to the wind and Bernie Madoff gets your hard-earned money.
Or imagine you  buy a house because a bank lent you the money despite your less than stellar earnings. The bank(s) realize they have overextended their loans and you lose your job. The difference is the bank(s) get a bailout but you lose your home. Sorry.
Now imagine a handful of people who have been robbed of their life savings avenging themselves and winning! That is the plot of Tower Heist.
Ben Stiller is the general manager of a very high-end apartment building in New York. He is particularity friendly with Alan Alda, a wealthy businessman who manages the employees pension fund.
One morning it appears  Alda is being kidnapped but in fact he is attempting to flee the Feds. Alda has misappropriated the money and Stiller loses his job.
Stiller takes it upon himself to get the money back by enlisting the help of former co-workers and a professional thief played by Eddie Murphy.
What follows is a series of stunts, missteps and subterfuge that could only happen in the movies. Then again you never thought you could lose your pension, your home or both did you?
Tower Heist is improbable and gloriously satisfying to watch. If you're feeling dissatisfied and can't make it to an Occupy Wall Street demonstration this is the movie to see.