Film 268/365, Day 297/365 – Inside Man

Brilliant, a thoroughly enjoyable(!) bank robbery.  Everything is exceptionally planned out and masterfully delivered.  Spike Lee delivers another great film.  If you enjoy a good ‘how’d they do it’ then you will love this.  Clive Owen is brilliant and Denzel Washington is good.  Great film.

Synopsis:  A bank robbery results in a hostage situation and whilst the regular hostage negotiator is not available it gives Detective Frazier the chance to make his mark.  The problem is this is no ordinary bank robbery, they have everything planned down to the very last detail.

Film 151/365, Day 161/365 – eXistenZ

Exceptionally clever and more than a little weird.  There are some actual moments of genius within eXistenZ if you manage to spot them, some very clever self referential points.  There is quite obviously a twist and you’ll be pretty disappointed if you don’t get it.  You do start to wonder how intentional some of the stuff is, but then that’s Cronenberg for you.  Far better than Inception.

Synopsis:  When the leading games designer narrowly survives an attempted murder she goes on the run with her bodyguard.  The games console was damaged in the attack and the only way to see if the game is intact is to play it.