Lots of wasted potential - a good plot start that goes absolutely nowhere!!!

Rating: 5/10 (10 July 2006)

Wow, what a movie of missed opportunities. The biggest thing Spike missed in this movie is having us be able to identify with ANYONE in the movie with some character development. The only character development I saw at any point in the flick consisted of a phone call to a horny girlfriend waiting at home and a 20 second discussion about a video game with a kid.
Other than that.. there is no character development.
There are a bunch of people all dressed the same and one of them has truly heavenly tits, but she never uses them so what's the point(s)?
That's this movie in a nutshell- showing us all kinds of stuff that COULD happen- and never delivering with an interesting plot twist. This plot is a great idea, but it is not developed- I think they should have spent a bit more time on the plot and character development because when you have a movie full of people you don't care about, why watch it?
This guy had planned the perfect heist but we are never introduced to how or why or what personal motivation he had or what ability allowed this fellow to plan this- we simply see the execution.. their is no buildup or planning like a regular heist gone wrong movie, it's just ... bang you are on and now it's a Spike Lee version of a bank robbery, only the man at the head of this operation is some kind of super genius that has foreseen everything and doesn't ever flinch. He's a complete mystery, as is why I should give a flying f#3Ck about anything that happens in this film.
PLOT: A bank gets robbed by a crew in a most unusual and generally non violent method for payback of a previous thievery. When you see the plot twist of why they are there- just remember- your president's grandfather got rich the exact same way!!
No sex, no action, no interesting characters, nothing of any value happens in this film. It is the most contrived piece of trash ever, but very well directed and it could have been a masterpiece with some intelligent re-writes of the plot twists, or lack thereof.