The painting in the background of Arthur Case's office during his last interview is Cézanne's The Card Players. Unsubtle as this is, it's probably this heavy-handed movie's lightest touch.
Despite its leads enthusiastically breathing life into their sub-Sidney Lumet characters, the languid Inside Man offers almost no incisive insights into modern societal discord and provides only scant cops-and-robbers kicks. Perhaps not Lee’s dullest “joint,” it’s nonetheless one of his most sloppily rolled.
— Nick Schager (Slant Magazine)
Synopsis: When an armed, masked gang enter a Manhattan bank, lock the doors and take hostages, the detective assigned to effect their release enters negotiations preoccupied with corruption charges he is facing.