pretty good for a spike lee joint

Rating: 8/10 (28 August 2006)

I didn't really know this movie originated for Spike Lee but it is a very big step up from his usual movies, and I think 25 hours was a sign of this.
The movie has your usual "who done it and how" scenario and of course Mrs. Foster is sexy as usual. Denzel's performance was (again) not disappointing.
But besides those obvious facts, what I really like about this movie is how it shows typical NYC life, from the character interactions which I think is overall good considering it's realistic. Case in point, the fear one of the cops shows when seeing the singe's (however you spell it) turban and automatically assuming he's an Arab, since he was the first hostage to come out, and how the operation's captain played by Defoe said something about how the bank robbers has to know that nobody is going to get a plane especially in these days.
Very good flick.