Kleiman Kinema Klub – Inside Man

I saw Inside Man this past and I have to say, I didn’t really follow it. Now granted, these types of movies aren’t really plot driven; I guess I’m just surprised they were able to get such a good cast. I mean, after this movie is out of theaters you’re only going to be able to see it on “Cinemax After Hours”. And Spike Lee directed it; he’s come a long way from “Do The Right Thing”. I haven’t been in the entertainment industry long, some might say I’m not even in the entertainment industry, but I’ve been told that doing a type of movie like this could ruin your career. Then again it could really help it, I mean look at Paris Hilton…actually don’t, you might get the clap. These types of movies are reserved for people when their careers aren’t going that well or they just need some money, so my question is, are Denzel Washington, Jodie Foster, Clive Owen, and Willem Dafoe’s career all going that bad? OK, maybe I can understand Dafoe doing this type of movie, but what about the others? Didn’t Denzel just win an Oscar and wasn’t Owen nominated for one? As for Foster, I know “Flight Plan” kind of sucked, but that’s no reason to reduce yourself to such smut, she’s the freakin’ Coppertone girl for Christ sake.

The names weren’t even that good. Isn’t that half the fun of watching these movies? Denzel played Keith Frazier, Owen was Dalton Russell, Foster was Madeline White and Dafoe was John Darius, where are the innuendos? Not one character was named Johnson or Ramherhard or Cumsalot. The best name in the movie was George DeTitta and he did set decorations.

Enough about the cast, let’s talk plot. Usually these plots are secondary, but the writer, Russell Gewirtz, really made an effort to make the entire movie enjoyable. While this is very commendable, I think he focused too hard on that and shied away why people really watch these movies. The movie takes place in and around a bank, as a bank robbery is going down; the police are trying to stop it. This isn’t the typical plot you’d see for this type of movie. Usually it’s as simple as a pizza delivery man and a lonely housewife, what’s the plot? Who cares, she gets her crust stuffed, and that’s all that matters. I don’t even recall them having one these type of scenes, whether it be guy on girl, guy on guy, girl on girl, guy on girl on guy on girl, for a movie called “Inside Man” I did not see one, and they said it was for mature audiences only, for shame.

Everything else was top notch. The sets, the special effects, the stunts, I can’t even imagine how many fluffers were need for a movie of this size.

So, was this a good movie? That depends on what you’re looking for. If you wake up in the middle of the night and are feeling a bit puckish, this movie is not for you, just use your imagination, the girl at the Hollywood Video was pretty cute, use her.

On a scale from 1 to 1000, I’d give it a 399…as in $3.99 to order this movie on pay-per-view late night in your motel room when you’re on the road.