Pretty good caper from Spike Lee

Rating: 7/10 (19 August 2007)

Lee is a very uneven filmmaker. Some of his movies, like "Do the Right Thing" and "Malcolm X", are brilliant. Others are pretty junky. This movie is a departure from any movie I've ever seen him do, in that it's pretty much a straight caper film, and even though there are a lot of twists, it's not overly about politics, the African American Experience, or sociology.
What I liked about it: - The theme music. I don't know much about popular Indian Music, but I liked the hip-hop inspired Indian song in the beginning. I'm not entirely sure what it was doing in this film, but I liked it.

The Actors: Foster, Davis, Plummer, Washington - all great performances. the supporting actors were great too.

The twists: I honestly didn't see what was coming until the end. I knew something was going on funny, but I didn't see it coming. Some people might not like the non-linear story telling, but it held my interest Things I didn't like: - Ultimately they didn't develop the central idea of the story too much. I don't want to give it away, but they should have played up the Plummer story more.

The ending was a bit too clever.

Overall, a pretty enjoyable film, and a good step forward for Lee.