एक पुलिस जासूस, एक बैंक लुटेरा, और एक दलाल, एक अपराधी के शानदार डकैती के कारण एक बंधक स्थिति में फ़सने के बाद, उच्च दांव की बातचीत दर्ज करते हैं.एक पुलिस जासूस, एक बैंक लुटेरा, और एक दलाल, एक अपराधी के शानदार डकैती के कारण एक बंधक स्थिति में फ़सने के बाद, उच्च दांव की बातचीत दर्ज करते हैं.एक पुलिस जासूस, एक बैंक लुटेरा, और एक दलाल, एक अपराधी के शानदार डकैती के कारण एक बंधक स्थिति में फ़सने के बाद, उच्च दांव की बातचीत दर्ज करते हैं.
- पुरस्कार
- 5 जीत और कुल 12 नामांकन
- Chaim
- (as Bernard Rachelle)
- Bank Guard
- (as Rodney 'Bear' Jackson)
फ़ीचर्ड समीक्षाएं
No ordinary film maker, Lee taps his expertise in film making, applying superior cinematography, editing, and direction skills.
Headlining the film is Denzel Washington as the good guy cop, and Clive Owen as the highly intelligent robber (with the screen-play thankfully avoiding the crazy/insane cliche' Bond movie villain characterization).
"Filling-in" as good as one will find in bank robber caper films are the superior supporting cast performances of Christopher Plummer (who has never delivered anything sub-par in his career), Jodie Foster (effectively playing against her "type"), Willem Dafoe (over-due for an Oscar), Chiwetel Ejiofor (perfect subtle side-arm detective partner to Denzel), and across the board good performances by the entire supporting ensemble cast.
Lee doesn't try to play out the big surprise ending cliche', but instead allows one to piece things together as the film unfolds, letting us "in" to the narrative piece by piece. This is refreshing and elevates the film overall.
Really hard to find any critical piece missing in the film. Editing and pacing excellent, and even the potentially preposterous story idea works. Yes there are a few "identifying the magician's tricks" moments inside what could have been a perceived as an over the top narrative, but one overlooks those because this is quite the entertaining film and it is put together so well - Witty dialogue delivered by some of the all-time great actors who were perfectly cast on their parts.
Bravo to all concerned👏, and two thumbs up!👍👍
A bank robbery in New York has gotten out of control, and it's up to police detective Keith Frazier (Denzel Washington) to act as hostage negotiator and get the bank personal and customers out safely before things turn even worse than they already are. This turns out to be a tough case, since the leader of the bank robbers, Dalton Russell (Clive Owen), turns out to be a very smart individual, who has everything planned to perfection, and who throws up surprise after surprise for Frazier and his men. But while the people around Frazier are slowly getting more and more nervous, he himself does not lose his mind, and begins a high stakes battle of wits with Russell. Things are further complicated, however, when the mayor of New York introduces a mysterious woman to Frazier. This woman (Jodie Foster) wants to protect something that is hidden in one of the safety deposit boxes inside the bank, and she will stop at nothing to force Frazier to let her inside the bank and make sure nothing happens to the contents.
This all sounds like an intriguing premise for a thriller, but the movie goes a few steps further than just having an interesting plot. Because while Inside Man does hit all the right notes when it comes to keeping you guessing about what is really going on, it is also very successful in mixing the grittier moments with comedy elements. At times, Inside Man is very funny, but in a way that does not deflate the tension. The dialogue is sharp, with the conversations between Frazier and Russell being especially fascinating, and both actors are at the top of their game in this new movie. Washington's Frazier is an intense but laconic individual, who has a permanent smirk on his face but who reads the bank robbers intentions better than anybody else, while Owen is charismatic and fascinating as the mastermind behind the bank robbery. I was a little disappointed however with Jodie Foster's role. While her part is potentially fascinating, she does not really get the chance to do anything with it other than look cool and act tough. Yes, we all know that she is very good at that, but with a bit more background story, and a bit more screen time, her part could have been even more interesting.
With Inside Man, Lee showcases an interesting way of directing thrillers. He ignores the usual build up that you see in thrillers, which consists of an introduction, a chronological development of the main intrigue, followed by a final act in which everything is wrapped up neatly (even flashing forward several times, thus revealing some important developments before they have happened), and this only serves to make Inside Man a movie that is more than your regular suspense movie. I enjoyed this original approach very much, even though he does take quite a long time to wrap things up at the end.
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
क्या आपको पता है
- ट्रिवियाThe scene in the coffee shop was improvised. On the DVD commentary, Spike Lee states that when Denzel Washington ad-libbed the line "I'll bet you can get a cab though," he nearly ruined the take by laughing so loud at Washington's line.
- गूफ़The cops are supposedly fooled when the gang play part of a speech in Albanian by the late Enver Hoxha to fool their listening devices. But even though they don't know the language, they ought to notice that it sounds like a monologue by one man rather than a possible conversation between four bank robbers, one of them female.
That's not how human comprehension works. When listening to a torrent of unfamiliar comprehensible sounds, after a while, the brain treats them like white noise, unable to recognize them or sort them into discrete parts of a conversation.
- भाव
Dalton Russell: I'm no martyr. I did it for the money. But it's not worth much if you can't face yourself in the mirror. Respect is the ultimate currency. I was stealing from a man who traded his away for a few dollars. And then he tried to wash away his guilt. Drown it in a lifetime of good deeds and a sea of respectability. It almost worked, too. But inevitably, the further you run from your sins, the more exhausted you are when they catch up to you. And they do. Certain. It will not fail.
- क्रेज़ी क्रेडिटMost unusual for a feature film, all orchestra musicians are credited individually with their respective occupation.
- कनेक्शनFeatured in Inside Men: Denzel & Spike - Man to Man (2006)
- साउंडट्रैकChaiyya Chaiyya
Written by A.R. Rahman, Gulzar
Performed by Sukhwinder Singh, Sapna Awasthi
Courtesy of Venus Records and Tapes Pvt. Ltd, India Talkies Pvt. Ltd & A.R. Rahman
Orchestral Arrangement by Terence Blanchard
टॉप पसंद
- How long is Inside Man?Alexa द्वारा संचालित
- What is the purpose of the opening scene? What is the goal of the monologue?
- Why does Detective Frazier refer to the NYPD ESU officers as "the hard boys"? What does that mean?
- What is the music used in the opening credits?
विवरण
- रिलीज़ की तारीख़
- कंट्री ऑफ़ ओरिजिन
- आधिकारिक साइट
- भाषाएं
- इस रूप में भी जाना जाता है
- El plan perfecto
- फ़िल्माने की जगहें
- उत्पादन कंपनियां
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बॉक्स ऑफ़िस
- बजट
- $4,50,00,000(अनुमानित)
- US और कनाडा में सकल
- $8,85,13,495
- US और कनाडा में पहले सप्ताह में कुल कमाई
- $2,89,54,945
- 26 मार्च 2006
- दुनिया भर में सकल
- $18,60,03,591
- चलने की अवधि2 घंटे 9 मिनट
- रंग
- ध्वनि मिश्रण
- पक्ष अनुपात
- 2.35 : 1