An excellent drama with a film score that sounds like the music from Gladiator. The plot is easy to follow but hard to predict. The first act was far too intense and exciting for my own good. I think my feelings were intensified as the film is based on a real event and I had no idea how it would end as the plot of the film teetered between disaster and success.
In one corner are Russell Crowe and Al Pacino, and in the other corner are all the greedy businessmen. Crowe has been fired from his job as a chemist at a tobacco company and he is sitting on a lot of secrets that he should tell. The company does everything it can to get him to shut up, while slick journalist Pacino tries to get Crowe to appear on his news show. Crowe finally decides to tell the truth and the consequences are devastating.
No one portrays rounded and interesting characters like Michael Mann. The characters are so ruggedly well written with motives, unique personalities, and stories that are smoothly shown during the course of the film. Mann understands human psychology better than anyone. The characters in the film are indeed real people, but it is masterfully directed by Mann.
It's very interesting how the different men think and reason, as well as how they develop through the film. Crowe is unsure if he made the right choice. Perhaps he made the right decision, but at what cost? His wife just wants to keep the family together and keep the nice benefits that his old job still provides the family with. Crowe gets into real trouble because he did the right thing. Not all stories like this always end well. Is it worth the risk to say something, or should you continue to live the lie?
Crowe does the right thing and is promised that things will happen, but when it comes down to it, it doesn't turn out quite as he predicted. All the characters have their interests, but Pacino is the one who acts the least selfishly. Or does he? It's a question that Pacino wrestles with a bit in the film. Is he doing this to help Crowe? Or does he do it because he likes the kick it gives him? Or is he doing it to get a good show and make money?
The film is about what the consequences can be for a man when other men forget their moral compass and do everything they can to climb higher in the workplace hierarchy. Pacino has a clear code of honor that he maintains. We have a good man there. The Insider is a riveting drama with superb characters and fine photography. 7.6/10.
In one corner are Russell Crowe and Al Pacino, and in the other corner are all the greedy businessmen. Crowe has been fired from his job as a chemist at a tobacco company and he is sitting on a lot of secrets that he should tell. The company does everything it can to get him to shut up, while slick journalist Pacino tries to get Crowe to appear on his news show. Crowe finally decides to tell the truth and the consequences are devastating.
No one portrays rounded and interesting characters like Michael Mann. The characters are so ruggedly well written with motives, unique personalities, and stories that are smoothly shown during the course of the film. Mann understands human psychology better than anyone. The characters in the film are indeed real people, but it is masterfully directed by Mann.
It's very interesting how the different men think and reason, as well as how they develop through the film. Crowe is unsure if he made the right choice. Perhaps he made the right decision, but at what cost? His wife just wants to keep the family together and keep the nice benefits that his old job still provides the family with. Crowe gets into real trouble because he did the right thing. Not all stories like this always end well. Is it worth the risk to say something, or should you continue to live the lie?
Crowe does the right thing and is promised that things will happen, but when it comes down to it, it doesn't turn out quite as he predicted. All the characters have their interests, but Pacino is the one who acts the least selfishly. Or does he? It's a question that Pacino wrestles with a bit in the film. Is he doing this to help Crowe? Or does he do it because he likes the kick it gives him? Or is he doing it to get a good show and make money?
The film is about what the consequences can be for a man when other men forget their moral compass and do everything they can to climb higher in the workplace hierarchy. Pacino has a clear code of honor that he maintains. We have a good man there. The Insider is a riveting drama with superb characters and fine photography. 7.6/10.