Director: Spike Lee | 2006 | 129 min
“A brazen hostage situation unfolds at a Manhattan bank. A battle of wits begins between bank robber Dalton Russell, who has devised the perfect plan, and Detective Keith Frazier, who tries to decipher his thinking. But events take an unexpected turn—the bank holds hidden secrets, and there are truths that powerful figures desperately want to protect. Who is the real ‘insider’? Spike Lee delivers a masterpiece of intelligent, stylish crime thriller. The full scope of a perfect heist that deceives the audience until the very end.”
Production: Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment
Cast: Denzel Washington (Detective Keith Frazier), Clive Owen (Dalton Russell), Jodie Foster (Madeline White), Christopher Plummer (Arthur Case), Willem Dafoe (Captain John Darius)
Screenplay: Russell Gewirtz
Cinematography: Matthew Libatique
Music: Terence Blanchard
Box Office: $186 million (worldwide)
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