Poor attempt at a thriller

Rating: 2/10 (25 April 2006)

I only given this movie two stars because I was misled by the movie theatre where it was described as an 'Action thriller'. I was disappointed to find that this was not the case. It was more like a confused-crime-drama-struggling-to-be-an-action-movie.
I found it unrealistic. A SWAT team would have swarmed that building in less than a 24 hours by getting in through the top of the building or the windows at the top floors. The bad guys would have been easy to pick out because they would be the ones with the guns. And also some of the characters used were too generic, and some parts were over-dramatised because of a lack of tension in the movie. Although the concept was good this is clearly a wasted opportunity by Spike Lee, and a waste of a paid ticket for me.
However, I've given this movie an extra star for some of the surprises and twists that came out of it.