With movies like Malcolm X, Do the right Thing, Jungle Fever, and even to a little extent with The 25th Hour Spike lee films have always dealt with the issue of race and what it means to get along or to not get along as a society. In Inside Man he goes much more main stream and gives us a straight forward heist thriller. What kind of disapointed me about this film is that as much as I love Spike Lee and some of his earlier films he doesn't really bring anything new to the heist genre. My point being that anybody could have directed this and got the same film. The performances where very good and I especially liked Clive Owen his face is covered up for most of the film but he his still unpredictable and truly terrifying as the main villain. The film was entertaining and I would suggest seeing it because I do think it is worth the price of a rental but if you are looking for a trade mark Spike Lee joint you will not find it here.