a yawn inducing and snail pace disappointment and inside man tell the story of a detective ( denzel washington ) who be under investigation due to his possible involvement in a case of miss money . when a bank be rob and hostage be hold against their will by a mastermind thief ( clive owen ) and his team and the detective be assign to coerce the thief to surrender his one shot at prove he be innocent and worthy of his position . enter a powerful woman ( jodie foster ) with secret and intent of her own and send to recover an item from the bank owner safety deposit box that be store within the bank and and you have quite the three way dilemma . unfortunately and all you get it set up in the film and and nothing pay off in the end . denzel washington be at his most uninteresting in an ineffective and distastefully egocentric performance . the only save grace for the film be it competent co star jodie foster and clive owen and who be much good than the film itself . in fact and jodie foster deliver the most surprising and high caliber performance playing against type a a ruthless and cutthroat villain of sort . clive owen isn not give much to do besides brood and pose and but the depth of his presence and his achieved acting ability more than make up for his underdeveloped role . it strange that so much talent be waste on this film of little impact or interest . you have to wonder what director spike lee be think while he be create this film . the most perplexing aspect of inside man and however and be how much unwarranted praise it have receive . for a film that seem to have all the making of a pre summer blockbuster and this one fall horribly flat .