I am confused.

Rating: 5/10 (2 February 2010)

Was this movie supposed to be exciting? For me it was too predictable, they said outright that Dalton was not the type of person that would hurt or kill people so I didn't really feel any suspense or surprise from that point on.
Who exactly is the protagonist of this story? Was it supposed to be Dalton and is he supposed to an admirable character? Just because he didn't kill anyone doesn't make him a good person, and it doesn't make his whole bank robbery forgivable. He stripped people down, kept them from their families, and frightened them. Besides that he stank.
Also, what is with this movie's name? Who is the Inside Man? Is the point that you cannot identify the inside man? Is the inside man the person who told Dalton about box #329, if not who the heck told him about that top-secret safety deposit box? Either way, was this whole perplexing affair meant to leave me in a state of utter confusion?
Moving along with the story, Dalton robs the bank and the police essentially do not offer any resistance. They said "you won't attack because we haven't killed anyone." Does a robber all of a sudden get the right to hold hostages just because he leaves them alive? Why didn't the police resist the robbers more often and earlier?
Okay, so the police finally decide to invade the bank to save the hostages, even though they knew the hostages were aware of their operation due to a cleverly placed bug. The robbers then join together with the hostages and they leave the bank together, that way the police cannot distinguish between the hostages and the robbers.
What I can't understand for the life of me though, is that once the police had the robbers in their custody, why couldn't they identify them using all the voice recordings, camera footage, and cell phones they had?!?
If the police were competent they would've used Speaker Recognition software with recordings of the robber's voices to identify the criminals. Moreover, factors such as employment status, height, weight, skin color, and gender could be used by the authorities to ascertain the corrupt culprits.
One of the most confusing things is the fact that the main robber, Dalton, somehow got away from the police. Even though he talked to that child about his PSP game, yelled loudly at the hostages, had several conversations with Frazier and White, and he basically led the entire operation. Based on this, don't you think the police, or at least Frazier, would notice the absence of the main perpetrator? They even indicate in the ending segment of the film that Frazier recognized Dalton's voice. Why did he recognize it so late?!
Speaking of that, are we supposed to believe it was a complete coincidence that Frazier and Dalton met up? According to the movie, Dalton wanted to leave undetected so he obviously didn't plan on Frazier being there. It is hard to believe such a coincidence would actually occur.
Maybe if this film had a take home message that would make it pretty good, but I haven't really figured out what I am supposed to get out of this movie. Don't rob banks? That probably isn't it, after all their robbery succeeds. Buy property when there is blood on the streets? Or is it the other way around? Either way they only spend like two minutes talking about Case's former affairs with the Nazis, there is no buildup and no visuals of the event, so for the most part those scenes are easily forgettable. In conclusion, don't watch this movie, all you will get out of it is confusion.