Inside Man and Detective Keith Frazier
The Perfect Plan
“Everybody drop to the Floor. Now!”- Dalton Russell. In the film Inside Man, Detective Keith Frazier is the protagonist and is a hostage negotiator who is in charge of the bank robbery. He tries to help the bank robbers to what they want and keeping the hostages safe and sound. Keith works hard throughout the film to show he is the leader of the scene. Inside Man, is a excellent film because it shows how hard a detective has to work to help and save the hostages, while at the same time how people escape with secrets.
In the film Inside Man, it is interesting how Russell sat besides the wall in the bank for a whole week straight explaining how his plan is going to work in a few short words. Clive Owen who plays Dalton Russell, is always showed wearing a mask and is leading the robbers, hostages, and the situation in the bank. Denzel Washington plays Detective Keith Frazier who is the leader of the scene and starts issuing demands. There are no previous relationships between the actors, but Owen has played in saving hostages in film Shoot ‘Em Up. Originally Ron Howard was to direct this film, but he backed out to do Cinderella Man and Spike Lee took over. Inside Man was Spike Lee 's most financially successful film and it led to many offers for the director to make more bank heist films.
In the beginning of the film, Dalton Russell and his friends rob the bank while they are dressed in painter outfits. A police officer sees the smoke coming out of the bank and has a gun pointed at him saying “I got hostages. You guys start coming here I’ll shoot each one of them”. The police surround the bank, and Detective Keith is called in to lead and help the situation. Dalton’s first reaction is not straight towards the money but his focus is on something big. It appears to be papers and diamond, because his crew is digging up a hole by the lock boxes. Dalton and Detective Keith exchange multiple conversations on what is behind all this and safety conditions
“Everybody drop to the Floor. Now!”- Dalton Russell. In the film Inside Man, Detective Keith Frazier is the protagonist and is a hostage negotiator who is in charge of the bank robbery. He tries to help the bank robbers to what they want and keeping the hostages safe and sound. Keith works hard throughout the film to show he is the leader of the scene. Inside Man, is a excellent film because it shows how hard a detective has to work to help and save the hostages, while at the same time how people escape with secrets.
In the film Inside Man, it is interesting how Russell sat besides the wall in the bank for a whole week straight explaining how his plan is going to work in a few short words. Clive Owen who plays Dalton Russell, is always showed wearing a mask and is leading the robbers, hostages, and the situation in the bank. Denzel Washington plays Detective Keith Frazier who is the leader of the scene and starts issuing demands. There are no previous relationships between the actors, but Owen has played in saving hostages in film Shoot ‘Em Up. Originally Ron Howard was to direct this film, but he backed out to do Cinderella Man and Spike Lee took over. Inside Man was Spike Lee 's most financially successful film and it led to many offers for the director to make more bank heist films.
In the beginning of the film, Dalton Russell and his friends rob the bank while they are dressed in painter outfits. A police officer sees the smoke coming out of the bank and has a gun pointed at him saying “I got hostages. You guys start coming here I’ll shoot each one of them”. The police surround the bank, and Detective Keith is called in to lead and help the situation. Dalton’s first reaction is not straight towards the money but his focus is on something big. It appears to be papers and diamond, because his crew is digging up a hole by the lock boxes. Dalton and Detective Keith exchange multiple conversations on what is behind all this and safety conditions
Bibliography: Travers, Peter. "Inside Man | Movie Reviews | Rolling Stone." Rollingstone.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Apr. 2013.