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| Movie Review: Inside Man |
| 04.17.06 (2:05 pm) [edit] |
Now Playing in North American cinemas
Rating: 2.7/5
Starring: Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster, Chiwetel Ejiofor
This isn't your typical Spike Lee joint. So, now that we've gotten that out of the way, let's judge the film on its various components:
Casting:
If I had the male apparatus, I would have had a hard-on during the scenes between Jodie Foster and Denzel Washington. Too bad they were few and far between, because those two amazing award-winning actors have mad chemistry. Clive Owen plays smug, cocky, cool and collected to perfection. Then, again, it's really not new territory for the man who SHOULD BE JAMES BOND. Chiwetel Ejiofor is awesome as Washington's sidekick, with the hip delivery of equally hip lines. In fact, the movie is a little in love with its own hipness, but we'll get to that in the next component.
Writing:
The dialogue is a little over the top, a little cheesy, a little "I'm really trying hard to be 'urban' but ending up 'suburban tryin' to be urban'". It's like Seth Green wrote the dialogue after spending the day doing research with 50 cent. The film chokes you with its slickness and flashiness. You get the feeling they're all just trying too hard. Denzel Washington delivers a line about himself and Clive Owen that is sure to send the HoYay! loving fangirls into ultra-squee mode. I get HoYay!, but I don't get the attraction to HoYay! Some lines are genuinely hilarious and it helps that the acting is top-notch. So inferior writing is made to look half-way decent.
Plot:
What plot? Well, there was a point "A" and a point "B", but there wasn't a whole lot going on in between. Then again, point "B" totally sucked ass. The journey, as they say, was void of twists and turns. Does this film go anywhere? Does this film go anywhere unexpected and new? No and no. I never thought I'd reference a film with Bruce Willis, but see Die Hard with A Vengence for how exciting bank robberies on film can be done. The build up is tremendous, the suspense heightened, and the resolution wholly unsatisfying and generic.
Writer's discussion room:
Writer #1: So we're doing a bank robbery movie.
Writer #2: Yeah. You haven't written the end. What gives?
Writer #1: No worries. We'll tack something on before they finish shooting. It can wait. Let's work some more on the homo-erotic subtext in the dialogue.
Writer #2: I'm down with that.
Direction:
Fast-paced, hip, slick, flashy, jumpy camera angles, gritty filters with absolutely no emphasis on character development. Who the fark are these people supposed to be and why should we care? It's as if the director (Lee) knows that the plot is shiatty and is trying as hard as he can to mask it with as much fluff and flair as possible. I totally understand.
Verdict:
It's not a complete waste of 2 hours, but I did put off washing my hair, waxing my legs and doing my nails for it and I'm not sure I made the right choice. You've been warned.
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posted by: dustyjumpwings (reply)
post date: 04.18.06 (1:12 am)
*sings* Did I shave my legs for this...
"It's like Seth Green wrote the dialogue after spending the day doing research with 50 cent." LOL. Awesome. I would really like to see this - three actors I love are in it. Denzel, Clive, and DARN YOU!! You didn't mention a thing about Willem Dafoe. ;-D
posted by: dangerkitty (reply)
post date: 04.18.06 (6:13 am)
Reply to: dustyjumpwings
CALM DOWN!! I forgot to mention him because they didn't give him much of a role. Honestly, an actor of Defoe's quality should have been featured more prominently. As it stands, he was grossly underutilized. Hopefully, in American Dreamz they'll make good use of him, bald cap notwithstanding.
posted by: dustyjumpwings (reply)
post date: 04.20.06 (11:09 am)
Reply to: dangerkitty
That sucks, funny they show him in all the previews with such a small role. I forgot he's in American Dreamz, but Paddy hates Hugh Grant so I'll have to download it if I'm gonna see it.
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