Episode 382 – Inside Man (2006)

About this episode

Max and Mike discuss the heist film 'Inside Man' directed by Spike Lee, exploring its themes and characters.

Heyyyyy, good to see all youse folks again! I mean, we just saw you last week, right? ‘cause me and Mike have been here the whole time, right? You saw us . . . RIGHT? Anyone asks, we’ve been around the last few weeks, doing, y’know, charity stuff and helping orphans and that kinda crap. You remember that . . . RIGHT? Good. We thought so. So, we got this movie, right? It’s Spike Lee, which is kinda a surprise, really, ‘cause it’s a heist film and he don’t do that stuff, usual-like. But we’ve been talking about it for the last few weeks, right? RIGHT? Good. You remember us talking about it. Yeah, so we got some very naughty criminal types who are robbing a bank, which is very, very wrong. And there’s some lousy, stinking . . . I mean, public-serving, heroic-type cops, right? And there’s some hostages who probably should just keep their mouths shut and cooperate, if they know what’s good for them . .. uh, poor folks, who we’re very worried about. Uh, then it gets a bit confusing because there’s all this dough and maybe it gets taken and maybe it don’t and that kinda thing makes my head hurt and makes Mike REAL upset. You don’t wanna see Mike get upset. Uh, ‘cause he uses really…

People in this episode

Hosts: Max, Mike

Topics covered

• heist film
• Spike Lee
• bank robbery
• hostages
• crime
• police

Keywords

• Inside Man
• Spike Lee
• heist
• bank robbery
• hostages
• crime
• police

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Inside Man, Episode 382

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