'''Foolproof''' is a 2003 heist film written and directed by William Phillips and starring Ryan Reynolds, Kristin Booth and Joris Jarsky. It was the first attempt by a Canadian Studio to create a heist movie, in the same vein as Oceans 11. The film was, unfortunately, a major financial failure and received mostly mediocre reviews.

Plot

The movie centres around a group of friends: Kevin (Reynolds), Sam (Booth) and Rob (Jarsky). They play a game, known as "Foolproof", in which they create working plans to infiltrate and burgle various targets. They do not actually pull off these heists, preferring to simply simulate them.
All is fine until a famous criminal, Leo Gillete (David Suchet), steals the plans to burglarize a jewlery company and accomplishes the heist. He then blackmails the group into designing and executing a plan to steal $50 million in bonds from a bank. Tension escalates within the group as Rob befriends Leo, while Kevin and Sam attempt to hinder his plans. During the heist, Rob and Leo murder Kevin and Sam, before escaping with the bonds. It turns out that Rob faked Kevin and Sam's deaths and planted evidence in Leo's restauraunt, causing him to be arrested. The movie ends with Kevin, Sam and Rob returning the bonds and escaping with the blackmail material.

Reception

The movie was a terrific financial failure. Despite its 8,000,000 Canadian Dollar budget, the movie grossed in Canada slightly less than CAD $460,000 and grossed virtually nothing in the US, where it was released direct-to-video. Most critics gave it mediocre reviews, with a 57% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 66% rating on the IMDB.

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