Probably Spike Lee's Best

Rating: 7/10 (12 April 2006)

Inside Man definitely was a well thought out piece of work. This was no obvious, dumbed down crime mystery. The movie as well as the bank robbery the movie was about was near genius. The acting was excellent as can be expected from Denzel Washington and Jodie Foster, but Clive Owen was not to be outdone either. This movie held my attention every step of the way. I didn't want to miss a word, a clue, a single gesture so as not to be left behind. I was thinking about the movie and discussing it well after it was over; the tell-tell sign of a good movie.
Spike Lee did an excellent job with this one. In fact, minus a few Spike Lee-isms, I would not have guessed that he was the director. He did throw in the gratuitous person-moving-on-a-trolley to simulate walking, and he also had music that didn't seem to quite fit in certain scenes. Those two minutiae were all that separated this move from brilliance.