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I just got a chance to watch it on its advance screening and man, what a movie this was.Lee's fourth outing with Denzel Washington follows the story of a bank heist undertaken by criminal mastermind, Dalton Russell (Clive Owen) and his merry band of robbers. Having walked into a bank dressed as painters, the gang proceed to take everyone they can get their hands on hostage and then add insult to injury by getting them all to dress-up as decorators. Think Dog Day Afternoon meets Changing Rooms. What in the name of blue blazes is going on? Is Dalton really trying to pull off the perfect bank heist or is there something else entirely in that pretty head of his? Washington stars as Detective Keith Fraser, the guy brought in to rub the situation on the stomach and make it all better. He, of course, is filled to the brim with his own problems. The hostage situation struggles to find a resolution and Jodie Foster is finally beckoned to save the day by the bank's founder Christopher Plummer who, surprisingly enough, has some secrets of his own hidden in a security box in the bank.A real old fashioned caper, Inside Man continually offers enough suspense and intrigue to keep you gripped throughout, but essentially deprives you of the last piece of the stylish puzzle until the very end.Washington once again proved to be the man, he was brilliant in every way and nearly outdid his brilliant acting in Man on fire. Clive Owen is on fire these days, one good performance followed by an even better performance, some people thought he was a bit wooden but now way i am going to agree with that, he is just awesome.If you are a Jodie foster fan then you might be a little disappointed to know that she only had like a guest star sort of role, she has something like ten minutes of screen time thought she does makes good use of it.Spike Lee is one the best directors around and this one of the best films he has done during his career, Inside man can proudly stand shoulder to shoulder with the likes of the 25th hour,Malcome X, Bamboozled etc..9/10
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