DVD : 3/5 Rating : Inside Man

LINKS :
Rotten Tomatoes
IMDB
Wikipedia
Trailer (apple.com)
Official Website (Universal)
Blue Dot

IMHO REVIEW :
the stats are impressive in this movie - but i felt the delivery was alittle short considering those involved.

consider - directed by spike lee, starring denzel washington, clive owen, jodie foster, christopher plummer, willem dafoe etc..... that's a bloodie lineup! the story itself had a few twists, but not enough. + i thought jodie foster's character was underused. the interaction with her and denzel wasn't very impressive - it seemed like a tease... like they might be building up to something and then... nothing.

the final moment when the stand off ends... no big hollywood sha-bang, more like an anticlimatic finish. smart, but boring.

acting = good (but underused characters)
directing = good (but has similiar styles signature to spike lee - nothing new i thought)
story = teasing of multiple twists, but ended up with too few

overall - it's a rent, if you want to be entertained but not really. :P