A review of the 2006 film “Inside Man”
This starts as a bank robbery, becomes a hostage situation, and then finishes up as neither. Writer Russell Gewirtz attempts to come up with a clever plot but, in the end, it is just too beyond credulity.
Nevertheless, any film directed by Spike Lee is worth seeing – although I found the flash forwards confusing. And the cast list is amazing: headed by Denzel Washington and Clive Owen, we also have Christopher Plummer, Jodie Foster, Willem Dafoe and Chiwetel Ejiofor, but the distinguished support actors are underused.