Inside Man
I went to the cinema today and saw Inside Man, a sort of cerebral/psychological thriller about the perfect bank robbery. Films these days are promoted by who’s in them more than anything else, so I’ll mention that it stars Denzel Washington and Clive Owen (who is excellent) and Jodie Foster, who gets less screen time than her high-profile billing might suggest, but her character is nonetheless instrumental to the plot, and is also the major hook for a possible sequel.
I’m not going to say too much about the plot as it would spoil it, but suffice it to say that Clive Owen leads a gang who hold up a bank, Denzel Washington is the hostage negotiator who has to resolve the situation, and Jodie Foster gets involved when things start getting really interesting. Not really what I was expecting — much better than I was expecting. It’s definitely worth seeing if you’re at a loose end, or at least putting on your Lovefilm list when the DVD is out.
Just watch the language if you don’t like swearing — it contains quite a lot of it, although in a manner which appears to be quite fitting with the characters, setting and events.