Awards? none that I know of
Cast: Denzel Washington; Clive Owen; Jodie Foster; Chiwetel Ejofor; Christopher Plummer; Willem Dafoe; Ken Leung; Peter Gerety; Kim Director; Ken Garito
sez says: this is something akin to a remake of Dog Day Afternoon --with a twist. SPOILER ALERT- - It sure has a star studded line-up. It is a 'puzzle story' that is made up of 'part mystery'' part 'police procedural' and part caper flick. The 'mystery' part of the story held up for about the first half of the film. The police procedural was mostly respectful back-drop that was appropriately respectful to the NYPD following 9-11 (but they still got call on their racism and profiling). It was most successful as a caper--where the bad guys are --or aren't good guys or bad-guts..and you keep wondering which it is as you watch. Smart move to dress all the hostages in the same clothing that you--the robbers are wearing (but how would you know the right clothing sizes for your hostages before you got to the bank?) And, yes, the rich and the powerful--and their mysterious power broker (Jodi Foster)-- are corrupt. The good cops are really good. The robbers turn out to be justice fighters--and not greedy guys. All of this is entertaining and, thus it is done over and over and this story-style and subtext have all become a relatively common sort of story in turn of the century America.
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