Movie review - "Tower Heist" (2012) **1/2

Very commercial but enjoyable Brett Ratner film which has plenty of stars and a decent story. The first half hour feels overly mechanical as they set it up - but half an hour in it improves a lot when Eddie Murphy becomes involved in the heist. Matthew Broderick is fun but I wish he'd been given more to do; Casey Affleck's voice is really annoying; it's a shame the relationship between Ben Stiller and Tea Leoni couldn't have been more developed, or that the movie couldn't have gone in harder on the judicial system and/or government who let crooks like Alan Alda get away with near murder. It feels like its been overly developed to death but it chugs along well enough.