eh.

Rating: 4/10 (27 March 2006)

What was the point of this flick? The robbers risk life and limb for nothing. Oh but they are soo smart. Yeah, rob a bank and our genius plan: let's use toy guns because REAL guns might go off and hurt someone. Besides, we robbers are just political activists (all actions, no matter how obscene are good if politically driven) that want to expose corruption at high levels and get a little money in the process. So they end up with some diamonds. hooprydooo! The reward for their efforts is simply not worth it. Oh but the owner of the bank is a dirty Jew who used the Nazis to get rich. For SHAME!
So?
The problem is the movie is not as smart as it thinks it is and you can see what is coming years in advance. The characters are all stereotyped and the acting is...eh.
I just can't help feel bad for Clive Owen. I liked him so much in Sin City. He did a good job here too but the more I think about it was seriously under challenged. And what is it with Denzel Washington? He plays the same guy in every movie he is in; the only thing that changes is the name and the job. Jody Foster's character annoyed me as I am sure she was supposed to. But she annoyed me because she was a little too over the top. Too condescending. I understand that that is exactly how she is supposed to be but like everything else in the movie it was just, just...wrong.
Look, if you have got nothing to do, want to kill some time AND have the money to spare this movie isn't such a bad deal. Just be careful not to be too critical; they are trying their best after all.
This movie could have been good but like so much Spike Lee is involved with it ruined itself with mediocre everything.