Laughably Bad...Spike Lee = Michael Bay

Rating: 5/10 (10 November 2007)

This movie was terrible. It was watchable only for the unintentional humor and as far as 'clever caper' movies go I like to think of a movie like The Usual Suspects or Seven as being great entertainment. Spike Lee gives me a headache with his Michael Bay induced jerky camera movement to over-hype the action and the completely stereotypical portrayal of the 'normal' New Yorkers in the movie were hilarious, overdone accents/attitude galore. I love Willem DaFoe and this was just a dumb roll for him...Denzel is his usual awesome self and the only reason to watch the flick.
*****S p o i l e r s******* What was up with the construction worker's super hot Albanian wife? That looked waaaayyyy out of place. When Denzel tells Willem D. "Don't go in! They've been listening to us!" and WD responds "Too late! We're going in!"....good grief...The whole former-nazi/anti-Semitic angle in movies to portray an antagonist has been so over-done it has lost it has effect. Make the guy a former baby-eater or something for crying out loud just to change it up. How about a defense contractor from Halliburton?
5/10 --- If Denzel wasn't in it giving yet another superb performance I would have given it a 1.