"Inside Man" is celluloid proof that thrillers don't have to lame unoriginal afrairs populated by brainless 2o somethings. " Inside Man" centers on a robbery/hostage situation orcastrated by the mysterious suave Clive Owen ( in this type of movie I don't even bother to learn the characters names). Denzel Washington plays a mysterious suave detective in a fedora who is trying to get ahead of the bank robbers. Meanwhile Jodie Foster plays a mysterious suave femme fatal with an unclear occupation. She is aparently very important. Meanwhile the bank robbers, a coed masked group of trouble makers who dress all of their hostages alike so that the police will not be able to tell the hostages from the criminals. However it is the hostages themselves who are the highlight of the movie. We meet them as they are interviewed by the police post bank robbery. Each one of them is a cool, wiseguy/gal who always has a comeback. It is great fun at the end of the film when we found out which of them were in on the robbery.
The film's best scene comes when a construction worker is brought in from the street by the police to translate an Albanian recording given to them by the bank robbers. he announces that he doesn't speak Albanian but his ex girlfriend does . She is then called in. Before entering she insists that if she will translate they must make her parking tickets void. They agree. She then hands them a shopping bag filled entirely with parking tickets.
The film was directed by Spike Lee who directed "Do the Right Thing"has a marvelous time with the smaller characters similar to the ones from ' DO the Right Thing."In this movie the villains keep getting past the cops and we love to watch them do it. This may not be the best heist movie ever made but in my opinion it is one of the most enjoyable.
The film's best scene comes when a construction worker is brought in from the street by the police to translate an Albanian recording given to them by the bank robbers. he announces that he doesn't speak Albanian but his ex girlfriend does . She is then called in. Before entering she insists that if she will translate they must make her parking tickets void. They agree. She then hands them a shopping bag filled entirely with parking tickets.
The film was directed by Spike Lee who directed "Do the Right Thing"has a marvelous time with the smaller characters similar to the ones from ' DO the Right Thing."In this movie the villains keep getting past the cops and we love to watch them do it. This may not be the best heist movie ever made but in my opinion it is one of the most enjoyable.
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