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Overview

User Rating:
7.7/10   77,614 votes
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Director:
Spike Lee
Writer (WGA):
Russell Gewirtz (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
24 March 2006 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Thriller more
Tagline:
It looked like the perfect bank robbery. But you can't judge a crime by its cover.
Plot:
A cop has to talk down a bank robber after the criminal's perfect heist spirals into a hostage situation. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
4 wins & 7 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(90 articles)
Fuqua & Spike Lee Adapting 'Miss: Better Living Through Crime'
 (From FirstShowing.net. 18 November 2009, 12:02 PM, PST)
Antoine Fuqua and Spike Lee Team Up for Adaptation of Graphic Novel Miss: Better Living Through Crime
 (From Collider.com. 17 November 2009, 10:39 PM, PST)
User Comments:
A good bank robbery film. more (603 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Denzel Washington ... Detective Keith Frazier

Clive Owen ... Dalton Russell

Jodie Foster ... Madeleine White

Christopher Plummer ... Arthur Case

Willem Dafoe ... Captain John Darius

Chiwetel Ejiofor ... Detective Bill Mitchell

Carlos Andrés Gómez ... Steve

Kim Director ... Stevie

James Ransone ... Steve-O

Bernie Rachelle ... Chaim (as Bernard Rachelle)
Peter Gerety ... Captain Coughlin
Victor Colicchio ... Sergeant Collins
Cassandra Freeman ... Sylvia
Peter Frechette ... Peter Hammond
Gerry Vichi ... Herman Gluck
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language and some violent images.
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View content advisory for parents
Runtime:
129 min | Turkey:116 min (TV version)
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Albanian
Colour:
Colour
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Certification:
USA:R | Ireland:15A | UK:15 | Germany:12 | Australia:MA | Netherlands:12 | Iceland:16 | South Korea:15 | Finland:K-15 | Hong Kong:IIB | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Denmark:11 | Brazil:14 | Argentina:13 | Portugal:M/12 | Malaysia:18PL | Malaysia:U (edited version) | Sweden:11 | Hungary:16 | Italy:T | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Singapore:NC-16 (re-rating) | Singapore:PG (cut) | Mexico:B15
Filming Locations:
New York City, New York, USA more
Company:
Universal Pictures more

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Trivia:
Dalton Russell's first lines of the movie contain the phrase: "Which leaves us only with the How; and therein, as the Bard would tell us, lies the rub." This is a direct reference to William Shakespeare, taken from "Hamlet" and his famous monologue in Act III, scene I: "To sleep, perchance to dream, ay, there's the rub." more
Goofs:
Continuity: As Dalton stands inside the bank vault staring at the cash, the scene jumps from a wide, distant shot, to medium, to close-in, just outside the cage. Another robber stands just outside and between jumps his gun position shifts from relaxed to raised to relaxed again. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Dalton Russell: My name is Dalton Russell. Pay strict attention to what I say because I choose my words carefully and I never repeat myself. I've told you my name: that's the Who. The Where could most readily be described as a prison cell. But there's a vast difference between being stuck in a tiny cell and being in prison...
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Movie Connections:
References Dr. No (1962) more
Soundtrack:
Freeze more

FAQ

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User Comments

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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
A good bank robbery film., 10 August 2006
7/10
Author: theshadow908 from London, Ontario

Inside Man tells the story of a man named Dalton Russel, who leads a daring bank robbery that turns into a hostage situation. Now he's dealing with disgraced hostage negotiator Keith Frazier, who is attempting to get to the bottom of things. When the shady CEO of the bank and a woman he's hired to help him protect certain interests arrive, he begins to discover that there's more to this bank robbery than it would seem. This is the only Spike Lee movie I've ever seen, but trust me, I'll see more, since this was a very intriguing film.

What I liked about Inside Man was the style it was made. It is choppy, but not so choppy that it's annoying (cough, Domino, cough, Man on Fire), so you get a sense of tension, and it seems very high paced. The plot is good, and very intriguing. There are some things you have to figure out throughout the film, which makes it more interesting. My only problem was that after the bank robbery was over, the film continued for another half hour, and it started to drag a bit. The dialogue in the movie is very cool. There's some humorous and some awesome lines that come out of the character's mouths.

The acting is very good. Denzel Washington is good as always as Det. Keith Frazier. Clive Owen gives a solid performance as Dalton Russell. I liked Willem Dafoe and Christopher Plummer. Jodie Foster wasn't as good as she usually is, but she's not in the movie a whole lot.

Overall, the movie lags toward the end, but it's intriguing and has an awesome plot.

7/10

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um, more racist white people please! RauDuke
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How the robbers could have easily been found... tennings
Something not posted on yet...the pen (spoiler) viddi212
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