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Inside Man with Clive Owen, Denzel Washington and Jodie Foster

Posted on February 25, 2010 Written by ripitup

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Brilliant. Just brilliant. If I were an actor, I’d be so jealous of Clive Owen. The guy plays in awesome movies. And obviously, I don’t need to praise neither Jodie nor Denzel at this point in their careers? Love the cast,script and the direction. The only thing I don’t like about this movie is…Wait, there is nothing I don’t like about it! Image via cinemablend.com

Wow. Wow. And wow. It is one of those rare movies where it gives you everything you can ask for, while entertaining the hell out of you and keep you guessing during the whole time:

Actors: Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster, Willem Dafoe, Christopher Plummer

Plot: Detective Keith Frazier (Washington) is facing the most interesting bank robbery-hostage situation ever. The criminals are very well-organized and very smart. Their leader Dalton (Clive Owen) seems to have thought every little detail. They have tens of hostages, all from different backgrounds, all forced to dress like the criminals. Needless to say the cameras are broken, and our criminals never show the hostages their faces. So if they all get caught, there is no one who can testify against them.

The bank in question belongs to a wealthy and well-respected businessman (Christopher Plummer) who wants a very mysterious woman involved:  Madeleine White (Jodie Foster). She has a complicated job description. She knows all the right people in the high places and she can get anything to anyone. But this one is tricky- even for a sharp woman like her. How the hell is she going to get one specific thing out in all the chaos? And why is that one thing so much more important than all the money inside the vaults?

A 7.7 imdb rating is way, way underrated. The script is brilliant. Just when you think you see the next twist coming, you don’t. I think this is Clive Owen’s best movie. Oh, and don’t give me that “you raised our expectations so high and now we will be disappointed” look. If you don’t like this thriller, there is a chance my taste in movies is radically different from yours. I never thought I could like a Spike Lee movie this much. But whether you like him or not, anyone into smart heist movies will like this movie.

9/10. At least.

[pro-player width=’530′ height=’253′ type=’video’]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjqWFRPi63s[/pro-player]

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What’s your favorite Clive Owen movie? This is mine. Image via movie studio.files.wordpress.com

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Filed Under: Movies and Actors Tagged With: Christopher Plummer, Clive Owen, Clive Owen movies, Denzel Washington, Inside Man, Inside man trailer, Jodie Foster, Spike Lee, Willem Dafoe

25th Hour with Edward Norton

Posted on February 14, 2010 Written by ripitup

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Edward Norton is great. The premise is just thought-provoking.

One of those movies where the cops piss you off and you root for the drug dealer. This is the third time for me;the first two being Tequila Sunrise with Mel Gibson and Blow with Johnny Depp. But Tequila Sunrise is an entertaining romantic thriller so the emotional impact of Blow and 25th Hour are really strong. However empathy only came with 25th Hour. Not put yourselves in the shoes of a drug-dealer, but because you get the pain of a man who has 24 hours before he goes to prison for 7 years.

Monty is a nice,smart guy. He is nice to his girlfriend (Rosario Dawson), his dad, his dog…He even used to be a promising student. But some early events have ended him up in dealing drugs and he was too late to try getting out. Cops bust him and he faces a 7-year-sentence. So the movie takes us on a journey as Monty tries to live his last free day to the fullest.

It is hard to dislike Monty. There are scenes he earns your understanding, sympathy and sometimes even respect. I like the internal conflicts, his relationships and the struggles of his friends.

Freedom is the most precious thing ever and Spike Lee did a great job in engaging us with Monty’s (Edward Norton) story. You like the guy and you feel sorry for him. The movie has some unnecessary scenes involving Monty’s friends’ lives that are not related to Monty and this slows the movie considerably at times but those friends are played by Barry Pepper and Philip Seymour Hoffman and their acting makes up for it. I still can’t understand why there is even a storyline featuring Anna Paquin’s character. Totally irrelevant.

But overall it is emotional and thought-provoking with fine acting. 7.9 rating on imdb sounds just about right. See it.

Other Edward Norton:

Keeping The Faith

The Illusionist with Edward Norton and Jessica Biel

3 Romantic Roles of Edward Norton

THE PAINTED VEIL with Naomi Watts and Edward Norton

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Filed Under: Movies and Actors Tagged With: 25th Hour, Anna Paquin, Barry Pepper, Blow, Edward Norton, Johnny Depp, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rosario Dawson, Spike Lee, Tequila Sunrise

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