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Dalton Russell's Semantic Techniques In The Film Inside Man

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It began with his most elaborate plan to commit the perfect bank robbery. Dalton Russell (Clive Owen) uses his cunning abilities to rob a bank, alongside his crew, by holding hostages and making them all dress with similar apparel to mislead the police. As the police rush to the scene, a Detective Keith Frazer (Denzel Washington) is put in charge of the case to negotiate with the robbers. Throughout the film, Russell is always two steps ahead of the police. He manages to bug the police and as a result, he is aware of everything they are planning. In one scene of the movie Detective Frazer thinks he knows what kind of man Russell is and to disprove him Russell stages an execution of a hostage. The bank owner, having found out of the occurrences happening at his bank, hires Madeleine White (Jodie Foster) to protect the information, he kept in a secret safe deposit box, from coming out by any means necessary. This is an essential part of the movie as the contents of the box play a vital role in the film’s plot and ending. The film, Inside Man was written by …show more content…

However, this film takes on a whole new perspective of bank robbers because the tactics used and the stories portrayed are immensely different. Violence most certainly plays a huge role in Bonnie and Clyde as the couple kill those who get in their way, unlike in Inside Man where no murder was actually committed. The ending to each is also very different because Russell comes out victorious, whereas Bonnie and Clyde are both murdered by the police as they attempt to flee. Bonnie and Clyde were a passionate couple who were led by their emotions, on the other hand, we have Dalton Russell who uses his smarts and cunning abilities to make a perfect plan to rob a bank without actually taking

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