Inside Man Movie Review 2006

Lee spins the conventional in this over-extended, gabby but well-played crime thriller. Dalton Russell (Owen) and his gang enter a Manhattan bank, apparently to rob the vault. They take hostages but aren't in a hurry to negotiate with slick detective Keith Frazier (Washington). Frazier suspects more is up when icy fixer Madeline White appears, at nervous bank chairman Arthur Case's (Plummer) request, saying Russell must be prevented at any cost from obtaining the contents of a particular safety deposit box. Many twists and turns follow to a satisfying conclusion.

Distribution

Universal Studios Home Video, 100 Universal City Plz., Universal City, CA 91608-9955, Phone: (818)777-1000, Fax: (818)866-1483, URL: http://www.universalstudios.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Running time 129 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Crime Drama, New York, New York, Heists: Banks, Hostage!

Screenplay

Russell Gewirtz

Cast

Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster, Christopher Plummer, Willem Dafoe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Peter Gerety, Daryl (Chill) Mitchell, Kim Director, Marcia Jean Kurtz

Cinematography

Matthew Libatique

Director

Spike Lee

Music

Terence Blanchard, Terence Blanchard

Other

William Sarokin, Barry Alexander Brown, Chris Shriver, Donna Berwick, Wynn Thomas

Producer

Brian Grazer, Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment, Brian Grazer Production, Universal