Sean Connery (who could still play Bond, for my money) takes on the role of Mac, a wealthy thief who now steals not for the money but for the excitement. With a particular expertise in making off with the works of the masters in art museums, he turns his skills to stealing a Chinese mask. When Gin (Catherine Zeta-Jones), an insurance investigator, seeks to entrap him by tempting him to take on a daring assignment, Mac at first does not trust her but agrees to make her a partner in the theft of a $40 million Chinese mask on exhibit in Scotland. With his partner Thibadeaux (Ving Rhames), he is later to move on to the attempt the biggest haul in history: the lifting of eight billion dollars in corporate deposits, while Gin's boss, Hector Cruz (Will Patton) ventures to capture him.

If you're wondering why Ms. Zeta-Jones is depicted in an acrobatic pose in the posters, the posture is not simply an attention getter to entrap prospective viewers. While entering a museum, cat-like to avoid invisible laser beams seen only by Mac with a special instrument, Gin must bend and twist her curvaceous body lest a misstep of an inch set off alarms and foil the theft.

"Entrapment" engulfs the viewer in both its focus on the two attractive actors and in its photography of a series of capers including one in which Mac dangles from a 70-story building while opening a security system. While younger fans (the movie is rated PG-13 because of its relative absence of violence) will be absorbed in the impressive stunt work, those of a romantic bent will be fascinated particularly by Catherine Zeta-Jones, who is not simply a knockout in the looks department but has smarts and spark to match.

Though "Entrapment" recycles some of the classics--its many clever twists conforming to the usual Hollywood playing-by-the-numbers--its exotic locales, clever repartee between actors of different generations, and breathtaking stunts give "Entrapment" a handsome look, a mischievous bearing, and a good time for its patrons.