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EmmaTheGreat
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Synopsis:
"Inside Man" is the story of a tough cop, Detective Frazier (Denzel Washington), who matches wits with a clever bank robber, Dalton (Clive Owen), in a tense hostage drama. As the dangerous cat-and-mouse game unfolds, a wild card emerges: Madeline (Jodie Foster), a power broker with a hidden agenda, who injects even more instability into an already volatile situation.
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Denzel Washington is conveyed in the slightly cocky, slightly wise-alec mode here... with a sheen of urban hipster cool. When he's thrown off balance, theres an unfamiliar sensation that creeps over his face and then the gears start to turn, his detecting genes stabilizing him.
Clive Owen spends most of the film behind dark glasses and a mask, but nonetheless paints an intriguing mix of crusader and criminal.
Denzel Washington and Clive Owen are perfect as opponents, like generals on a battlefield, who pit their intelligence to outwit each other. Both actors give nuance to their respective characters with Frazier having a darker edge and Russell sometimes almost mirthful.
These are not typical characters of good and bad and so I easily involved my interest in these two very different men.
BUT I personally found Jodie Foster's character: Madeliene White, needless in the film, although, she does certaintly tie in with the plot and storyline; but its how Foster played White with a too-cool-reserved personality that made her seem more of a distraction in the film rather than a vital part of the subplot...
Inside Man” will captivate the average moviegoer looking for some thrills, but the real audience is the film buff who wants something more than the usual, generic Hollywood action fare.
(Compare this to, say, Firewall” and you’ll see what I mean.)
(Sidenote: If you are extremely offended by the "F-word" I suggest you not see this film.)
Nonetheless, Spike Lee does an artful job in creating a work that is intelligent, intense and entertaining.
Not bad at all.
I give it a B+.
"Inside Man" is the story of a tough cop, Detective Frazier (Denzel Washington), who matches wits with a clever bank robber, Dalton (Clive Owen), in a tense hostage drama. As the dangerous cat-and-mouse game unfolds, a wild card emerges: Madeline (Jodie Foster), a power broker with a hidden agenda, who injects even more instability into an already volatile situation.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`
Denzel Washington is conveyed in the slightly cocky, slightly wise-alec mode here... with a sheen of urban hipster cool. When he's thrown off balance, theres an unfamiliar sensation that creeps over his face and then the gears start to turn, his detecting genes stabilizing him.
Clive Owen spends most of the film behind dark glasses and a mask, but nonetheless paints an intriguing mix of crusader and criminal.
Denzel Washington and Clive Owen are perfect as opponents, like generals on a battlefield, who pit their intelligence to outwit each other. Both actors give nuance to their respective characters with Frazier having a darker edge and Russell sometimes almost mirthful.
These are not typical characters of good and bad and so I easily involved my interest in these two very different men.
BUT I personally found Jodie Foster's character: Madeliene White, needless in the film, although, she does certaintly tie in with the plot and storyline; but its how Foster played White with a too-cool-reserved personality that made her seem more of a distraction in the film rather than a vital part of the subplot...
Inside Man” will captivate the average moviegoer looking for some thrills, but the real audience is the film buff who wants something more than the usual, generic Hollywood action fare.
(Compare this to, say, Firewall” and you’ll see what I mean.)
(Sidenote: If you are extremely offended by the "F-word" I suggest you not see this film.)
Nonetheless, Spike Lee does an artful job in creating a work that is intelligent, intense and entertaining.
Not bad at all.
I give it a B+.
