After the Sunset

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After the Sunset is a 2004 action comedy film starring Pierce Brosnan as Max Burdett, a master thief caught in a cat-and-mouse game with FBI agent Stan Lloyd played by Woody Harrelson. The film was directed by Brett Ratner and shot in the Bahamas.

The story of what happens after a master thief achieves his last big score, when the FBI agent who promised he'd capture him is about to do just that.

After a successful last score, a master thief retires to an island paradise. His lifelong nemesis, a crafty FBI agent, washes ashore to ensure he's making good on his promise. The pair soon enters into a new game of cat-and-mouse.

Tropes used in After the Sunset include:

• Actor Allusion: At the and of the movie, Max gets back at Stan by using a PDA to hijack and remote-control his limo -- much like he did in Tomorrow Never Dies.
• Beta Couple: Stan and the gorgeous local cop he hooks up with.
• Check, Please! Has Pierce Brosnan's character saying "Check!" after he and his fiancée are having dinner with a couple who casually admit that they like to swap partners.
• Fair Cop