Eddie Murphy and Ben Stiller in new 'Tower Heist' trailer

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A just-released Tower Heist trailer amps up the film's action as it covers much of the same ground as the last one. The unfortunate epilepsy joke has been edited down and shuffled to the end, preceded by a couple new punchlines. Matthew Broderick as a male prostitute? Check. Eddie Murphy leaving his comrades out on a high rise's roof to freeze to death while he romances a lady in the nearest stairwell? You got it. Oh, and there's a cockroach, that comedic gem we came to know and love in 1996's Joe's Apartment. The real question I have to ask, though, is: Téa Leoni's character is named Gertie Fiansen — how have any trailers been released without mining that comedy gold? See the new trailer below:

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