Inside Man
2006 · Movie · R · 129 min · ★ 7.4 · 81% critics
An armed, masked gang takes over a Manhattan bank, locks the doors, and holds hostages. The detective tasked with securing their release steps into negotiations while handling his own corruption-related troubles.
Also known as El plan perfecto · L'informateur
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Details
- Years
- 2006
- Release date
- 2006-03-17
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 129 min
- Critic score
- 81/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.4/10 (6,366 votes)
- Budget
- $45,000,000
About
You’ll like Inside Man if you enjoy suspenseful, clever heist thrillers with smart verbal sparring and a packed Manhattan setting; Not for you if you want a straightforward, perfectly logical hostage-crisis story, or if you dislike twists like those in Ocean's Eleven or The Town.
Pros: tense bank siege; clever heist plotting; strong lead performances | Cons: slow stretches; complex motives unclear; some plot holes
Themes
- new york city
- hostage
- ultimatum
- heist
- police detective
- bank robbery
- hostage situation
- nypd
- manhattan, new york city
Cast & crew
Denzel Washington
as Keith Frazier
Clive Owen
as Dalton Russell
Jodie Foster
as Madeleine White
Christopher Plummer
as Arthur Case
Willem Dafoe
as John Darius
Chiwetel Ejiofor
as Bill Mitchell
Carlos Andrés Gómez
as Steve
Kim Director
as Stevie
James Ransone
as Steve-O
Bernie Rachelle
as Chaim
Directed by Spike Lee