My name is Dalton Russell...

Rating: 9/10 (2 November 2006)

Directed by Spike Lee, this film is about a bank robber, a tough cop and a power fuel broker and the events that happens that makes them connected and linked to each other. The bank robber, Dalton Russell, portrayed by the British fellow Clive Owen, along with his band of robbing ragtags holds a bank a hostage and won't release them until their demands are met. But not is all as it seems. Then enters a tough cop with his trusty partner (Denzel Washington and Chiwetel Ejiofor respectively) who tries to negotiate with the bank robbers aided by the police chief Darius (Willem Dafoe). The bank robbers' demands are: two buses, a 747 Jet and food. The last one was already taken care of but the other two still remains a mystery to them. Why would the bank robbers bring their hostages all the way? Then, another plot comes in. The owner of the bank, Arthur Case (Christopher Plummer) hires Madeliene (Jodie Foster) to retrieve something from the safety deposit box inside the bank. You know, talk her way through the bank robbers and get the valuable possession that Arthur wants back. Whatever that was, it sure sounds very important to him and is shant be revealed to the public of its contains. Here comes the main ingredient of the whole movie: The robbers led by Dalton didn't rob the bank for the money, I mean not the green money in boxes and is hidden safely in the vault, they held the bank hostage because they want what Madeliene want: the mysterious item owned by Arthur.
I'm not gonna tell you the whole story, you find that out for yourself. But I have one thing to say, its one of the best heist thriller flicks I've seen in a quite a while. Great acting by Denzel Washington, Clive Owen and Jodie Foster. Support cast that includes Christopher Plummer, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Willem Dafoe were top-notch too. Congratulations to Spike Lee and his dedicated crew for making an excellent movie worth remembering. A good heist movie for the whole family...well, not the WHOLE family, some parts of it yeah.