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One of Spike Lee's best film's, Inside Man, delivers with powerhouse performanaces from Denzel Washington, Jodie Foster, and Clive Ownes. Based in his usual settins in New York City, Spike Lee shows you a serious hostage situation in five perspectives, one from the criminal mastermind himself, one from the lead dectective, one from the banker who is the victim of the circumstances, the hostages themselves, and the mysterious woman who comes in for the banker. All of these perspective clash to a suprising conclusion that will leave pondering if the crime itself was of random coincidence or something further personal. The movie also gives an test of determining which of the four (*the detective, the criminal, the mysterious woman, and the banker) are a true hero or smart villian.
Solid acting. Unique heist concept. Worth watching. I just would have liked for there to have been more history or connection for how or why the theives were targeting Case. How did they know? More background on Clive's character would have been nice. I also would have liked to have seen his face a little more. I suppose it's not all that important, but I just feel like there was something missing there. And Jodie Foster's character, I would have liked to have known a little more about her. She kind of reminds me of Harvey Keitel's character as "the cleaner" in "Pulp Fiction". Overall the film worked. I think I will keep this one in my collection, but it's not one of those phenomenal, must see films unless you just love this genre.
inside man had come out with the second that i had ordered but i never seen the first so i bought this to watch before i watched the new nside man
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Spike Lee, as always, does not disappoint. This is a sit on the edge of your chair heist movie, with some well done New York and Social Commentary overlays. Acting is outstanding, D. Washington, C. Owen, always wonderful, but Jodie Foster steals the movie. It's clever, well written, well directed, well acted and cleverly photographed. I recommend watching it twice, once listening to Spike Lee's commentary (it's like having your own lecture - in fact he teaches at NYU's film school and must be wonderful to take for a course). It bears re-watching, which is one of the reasons that I chose to own my own copy.
love this movie. Denzel Washington and Clive Owen are two of my favorites. Jodi Foster adds a nice twist
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