Fresh
[A] wily thriller, which revitalizes a familiar premise by turning it inside out.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Inside Man
It looked like the perfect bank robbery. But you can’t judge a crime by its cover.
2006 · 2h 9m · R
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Spike Lee
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Spike Lee Director
- Denzel Washington as Detective Keith Frazier
- Clive Owen as Dalton Russell
- Jodie Foster as Madeleine White
- Christopher Plummer as Arthur Case
- Chiwetel Ejiofor as Detective Bill Mitchell
- Willem Dafoe as John Darius
- Carlos Andrés Gómez as Steve
- Kim Director as Stevie
- James Ransone Cast
- Bernie Rachelle Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
86%
Tomatometer
Fresh
As unexpected as some of its plot twists is the fact that this unapologetic genre movie was directed by Spike Lee, who has never sold himself as Mr. Entertainment. But here it is, a Spike Lee joint that's downright fun.
David Ansen, Newsweek
Fresh
I gloried in the sheer spectacle of Jodie Foster as Madeline White, an exquisitely groomed, fearlessly feline fixer striding on her high heels and her high horse into one supposedly perilous situation after another.
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
Fresh
It's very satisfying.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Rotten
Even past the midway point, it's all working -- it's taut, it's funny, it's trenchant, it's stylish. And then it isn't.
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
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